barfly

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Recent Examples of barfly Roger Arnold, the divorced barfly and home chemist. 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 See All Example Sentences for barfly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barfly
Noun
  • Pappas, 43, said Stagliano accused her of being an alcoholic and refused to leave her home on the day of her arrest, records show.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My husband has been a functioning alcoholic for more than 40 years.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Younger generations are opting for healthier choices and drinking less alcohol, and inflation has meant less disposable income among wine drinkers.
    Natasha Chen, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Yet the news has put a spotlight on American wines, a category long misunderstood by funk-forward natural-wine drinkers like me.
    Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Barfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barfly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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