barfly

/bɑːflaɪ/

noun 2

Collocations

VERB + BARFLY

PREP.

off

ADV.

dryly

noun

A person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment

A promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners

The barfly dryly brushes off suitors.

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He had begun to dress more neatly and speak more grammatically; to look and act more like a spaceman and less like a barfly.

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i Register

In some senses, barfly is marked as derogatory, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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