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barfly

[ bahr-flahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Slang.

, plural bar·flies.

barfly

/ ˈbɑːflaɪ /

Origin of barfly¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; bar ¹ + fly ¹

In early April 1949, the petite 18-year-old barfly was found in a shallow grave in the desert of southern New Mexico.

And it should have been obvious to me, maybe not that he was an Executive Special, but that he was certainly no drunken barfly.

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