Pubbie
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A student at a public school.
"Evan seemed older than everyone else, more mature than preppies and pubbies alike; his maturity attributable, perhaps, to the year he had spent at Harrow."
- 2 A random member of the general public.
"We are all from an outside place with a distinct culture and an almost xenophobic dislike of "pubbies" being public players not from our joint background."
- 3 A visit to the local pub.
"The worthy winner soon discovered, I may add, and the subject of many "side-bets" in the "pubbie" was Old Hand George Robbie's good Red Cock bred out of the continental stuff."
- 4 Someone that one socializes with at the pub.
"Met him at the bud... drinking pubbies... at the Also Ran."
Example
More examples"Evan seemed older than everyone else, more mature than preppies and pubbies alike; his maturity attributable, perhaps, to the year he had spent at Harrow."
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