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Recent Examples of barfly
Roger Arnold, the divorced barfly and home chemist.
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
Rose, a grudging slash of red lipstick on her unsmiling mouth as a concession to coquettishness, picks up a random barfly in a local pub and, staring into the middle distance, briskly masturbates him in a restroom.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies' postseason games.
—Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
There was a former barfly who had fended off many a hangover here, arriving just before the kitchen’s 4 A.M. closing time.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
Rose, a grudging slash of red lipstick on her unsmiling mouth as a concession to coquettishness, picks up a random barfly in a local pub and, staring into the middle distance, briskly masturbates him in a restroom.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies' postseason games.
—Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
There was a former barfly who had fended off many a hangover here, arriving just before the kitchen’s 4 A.M. closing time.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barfly
Noun
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Although children of alcoholics are four times as likely as others to become alcoholics, half of them won’t have any issues.—
Kristen Mascia,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Decades later Anna Lyda, an alcoholic, was drunk in bed when a cigarette ignited the mattress and burned her to death.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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And then there was the one about him as a bad steward of money raised by the powerful Koch network, a sexist bully, and a drunkard on the job who got canned.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
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First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
30 June 2024
Noun
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One of American drama's most intriguing case studies, Hickey is the hardware salesman who returns to his old tawdry haunt not on one of his periodic benders but on a mission to reform the resident inebriates of their belief in a better tomorrow.—
Charles McNulty,
latimes.com,
10 May 2018
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The group proposed extending the winter shelter through May, boosting treatment for serial inebriates and reporting all homeless incidents and issues to a single coordinator.—
Jeff McDonald,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
1 Oct. 2017
Noun
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Michael Ritchie’s hilarious classic features a cranky boozer (Walter Matthau at his best) coaching a batch of bad-news Little Leaguers, one played by Tatum O’Neal.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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In this romantic wish list of components for the perfect pub, Orwell’s fantasy boozer is frequented by regulars who sit in the same chair night after night, employs chirpy, liver-sausage-sandwich-slinging barmaids, and serves its ale in strawberry-pink china mugs.—
Will Noble,
CNN,
23 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Post Malone, pop’s premier sad-sack boozehound, has returned with F-1 Trillion, his first long-form foray into pure country music.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
16 Aug. 2024
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Post Malone, pop’s premier sad sack boozehound, makes his first long-form foray into pure country music.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
16 Aug. 2024
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Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager.—
Ben Flanagan | bflanagan@al.com,
al,
8 Apr. 2023
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Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2023
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In line with those trends, in recent years Baileys began offering more flavors than most drinkers are probably aware of, like Churros, S’mores and Vanilla Mint Shake (a personal favorite).—
Gina Pace,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Two weeks ago, Trump announced a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States that would go into effect March 12, worrying some soda drinkers that another staple will take more out of their wallet.—
Maria Sole Campinoti,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Barfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barfly. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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