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Definition of Barfly
1. Noun. (slang) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barfly
1. a drinker who frequents bars [n -FLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barfly
Literary usage of Barfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive! by Robert White, Phyllis White (2002)
"barfly 8730 Sunset Boulevard •a 310-360-9490 Rock, Pop There is a barfly in Paris;
this is a spinoff with a restaurant for dinner and a spacious ..."
2. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1865)
"... found it judicious to play the CW/,,,0,- in Portugal and Spain, he would barfly
have followed the Fabian tactics, if he bsd met the French in England. ..."
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