barfly

Example Sentences

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Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies’ postseason games.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

They’ve endured agonies he’ll never understand — and a barfly like him can’t deliver a cheers that will set things right.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

And by the end of the fourth "She-Hulk" episode, "Is This Not Real Magic?" the mononymous sorcerer has an adorable barfly handle: "Wongers."

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022

A Swedish woman with a secret finds her bargeman father, barfly Marthy and a seaman who falls for her.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019

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

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam