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In the final scene, the one female regular at the Royal, a blowsy barfly well played by Barbara Lowing, is moving toward the bar as Hanna and Liv move decisively in the other direction.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Church also shared his first memory of seeing Keith at the Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar in downtown Nashville, an incident which involved Keith taking a bullying barfly by the collar and dragging him down a line of barstools, before depositing him at the end of the bar just as Church walks in.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2022
Roger Arnold, the divorced barfly and home chemist.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
Rose, a grudging slash of red lipstick on her unsmiling mouth as a concession to coquettishness, picks up a random barfly in a local pub and, staring into the middle distance, briskly masturbates him in a restroom.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies' postseason games.
—Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
There was a former barfly who had fended off many a hangover here, arriving just before the kitchen’s 4 A.M. closing time.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
Principal roles are Tully, a womanizing singer-songwriter; Rachel, a scientist; Rachel’s friend Tammy; bartender Brick; resort manager Marley; older barfly J.D.; and Tammy’s insensitive fiancé Chadd.
—al, 10 June 2022
McKinnon became known for offbeat characters like Mrs. Rafferty, a woman abducted by aliens, and Sheila Sauvage, a desperate late-night barfly.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 May 2022
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Church also shared his first memory of seeing Keith at the Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar in downtown Nashville, an incident which involved Keith taking a bullying barfly by the collar and dragging him down a line of barstools, before depositing him at the end of the bar just as Church walks in.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2022
Roger Arnold, the divorced barfly and home chemist.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
Rose, a grudging slash of red lipstick on her unsmiling mouth as a concession to coquettishness, picks up a random barfly in a local pub and, staring into the middle distance, briskly masturbates him in a restroom.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Jayme Hoskins has turned into a baseball barfly and let the free beers fly during recent Phillies' postseason games.
—Dan Gelston, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
There was a former barfly who had fended off many a hangover here, arriving just before the kitchen’s 4 A.M. closing time.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2022
Principal roles are Tully, a womanizing singer-songwriter; Rachel, a scientist; Rachel’s friend Tammy; bartender Brick; resort manager Marley; older barfly J.D.; and Tammy’s insensitive fiancé Chadd.
—al, 10 June 2022
McKinnon became known for offbeat characters like Mrs. Rafferty, a woman abducted by aliens, and Sheila Sauvage, a desperate late-night barfly.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 May 2022
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First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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“Barfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barfly. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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