floorer

[ flawr-er, flohr- ]

/ ˈflɔr ər, ˈfloʊr- /

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noun

a person who lays floors.

a person, blow, etc., that knocks someone or something to the floor.

Informal. something that beats, overwhelms, or confounds.

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Origin of floorer

First recorded in 1785–95; floor + -er¹

Words nearby floorer

floorage, floorboard, floor broker, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, floor exercise, floor-filler, floor furnace, flooring, flooring brad

How to use floorer in a sentence

His watch was near an hour of the contest, and Brailstone's man had scored first knock-down blow, a particularly clean floorer.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith
This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various
Were your drawing rooms and your second floorer on terms of intimacy?
Great Porter Square, v. 1|Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
"Take that, then," said the other, and gave him a floorer; but he was prevented from falling by those around him.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.|Pierce Egan

Floorer, a blow sufficiently strong to knock a man down, or bring him to the floor.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten