"barfly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɑːflaɪ/ [UK], /bɑɹflaɪ/ [US] Audio: En-au-barfly.ogg [Australia] Forms: barflies [plural]
enPR: bärflī Etymology: bar + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bar|fly}} bar + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} barfly (plural barflies)
  1. (slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment Tags: derogatory, slang Translations (person who spends much time in a bar): زبون بارات أو حانات الخمر (Arabic), 酒吧的常客 (Chinese Mandarin), tooghanger [masculine] (Dutch), baarikärpänen (Finnish), pilier de bar (French), pilier de comptoir [masculine] (French), Kneipenhocker [masculine] (German), 바의 단골 (alt: 술집) (Korean), ćma barowa [feminine] (Polish), botequeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), chefliu [masculine] (Romanian), petrecăreț [masculine] (Romanian), stâlp de cafenea [masculine] (Romanian), parroquiano [masculine] (Spanish), borracho [masculine] (Spanish), cierrabares [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-barfly-en-noun-J9um7WY3 Disambiguation of 'person who spends much time in a bar': 83 17
  2. (slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-barfly-en-noun-s~xt5lng Disambiguation of People: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drunkard, bar fly Hypernyms: customer, patron Related terms: barfly jumping, bar star, prop up the bar

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