The barfly dryly brushes off suitors.
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Barfly
//bɑɹflaɪ//
Synonyms for "barfly" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- زبون بارات أو حانات الخمر noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 酒吧的常客 noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Dutch
1 entries- tooghanger noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Finnish
1 entries- baarikärpänen noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
French
2 entries- pilier de bar noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
- pilier de comptoir noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
German
1 entries- Kneipenhocker noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Korean
1 entries- 바의 단골 noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Polish
1 entries- ćma barowa noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Portuguese
1 entries- botequeiro noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Romanian
3 entries- chefliu noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
- petrecăreț noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
- stâlp de cafenea noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Spanish
3 entries- borracho noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
- cierrabares noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
- parroquiano noun (person who spends much time in a bar)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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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