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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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Sean's transformation into a truly heinous person and alcoholic.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
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Her father was an alcoholic, while her mother, separately, was in an abusive relationship, eventually leading Tui to find a home at a women’s refuge.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The singing corpse in question here is that of real-life outlaw, a man vividly named Elmer McCurdy, born in Maine in 1880 and variously a plumber, lead miner and boozer who decided that robbing banks and trains was a more lucrative way to pay for his whiskey.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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The signing corpse in question here is that of a real-life outlaw, a man vividly named Elmer McCurdy, born in Maine in 1880 and variously a plumber, lead miner and boozer who decided that robbing banks and trains was a more lucrative way to pay for his whisky.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ordinary rebels — even ones born from boozehounds — taking down a dictator are inspirational.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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Distribution with Regal is indicative of Leitner-Waldman’s theory that wine drinkers are eschewing the more stodgy and outdated way that they were presented wines—the white tablecloth fine dining experience—and instead seeking to sip on wine during more active occasions.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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On a mission to reinvent Denver’s nightlife scene, founder Arend Richard created a space to cater to tokers instead of drinkers, and it’s been a long time coming.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Barfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barfly. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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