barfly

barfly

Someone who spends the greater part of their time in bars or other drinking establishments. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. You get to know the people in these places when you're a barfly like me.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

barfly

1. n. a person who frequents bars. Who will trust the word of an old barfly like Willy?
2. n. a drunkard. Some barfly staggered out of the tavern straight into the side of a car.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • internut
  • mouse potato
  • paint the town
  • paint the town (red)
  • paint the town red
  • go out and paint the town red
  • big spender
  • horizontal hula
  • hula
  • the horizontal hula
References in periodicals archive
An extension of the Buddha Bar brand, Barfly is a two-level restaurant, bar and lounge that's stylish and intimate but has an easy, chilled-out vibe.
Restaurant review: Barbfly by Buddha Bar
Two-storey restaurant and lounge, Barfly, is set to open at the Venetian Village in Abu Dhabi, and Visan revealed all the fit-out work has been finalised.
Buddha Bar Worldwide confirms UAE brand expansion
I remember our first gig headlining at the Barfly and I thought about that many times as we were filming this DVD."
Brum or bust for live DVD, say US stars; THEY SNUB WEMBLEY FOR CITY AS TRIBUTE TO FANS AND A THANK YOU FOR SAVING LEAD SINGER'S LIFE
"SA Brain and Company Limited holds a long leasehold interest in the basement at Northgate House which has been sublet to Bogiez via Barfly Holdings (Cardiff) Limited," a statement said.
Uncertain future for city centre nightclub
It consists of the 600-capacity Library, formerly the Barfly, the 1,500-capacity Institute area, top floor venue The Temple and a VIP area.
Landmark city music venue sold
best of the rest Errors @ Barfly, Cardiff (tonight): Glasweigan post-rockers, a bit new wavey, a bit ravey, a bit electro.
Finger picking. good
Another highlight for Barfly this week is the University of Liver pool's End of Ter m Showcase on Thursday.
Sunny times for Irish group The Blizzards
We are now hoping that music fans will return to Cardiff Barfly tomorrow night for our latest gig, which will be full of sweaty rock 'n' roll.
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FLASH IN THE PAN: Rock wild-child Toni-Marie Iommi on stage at The Barfly.
TONI'S BUM NOTE; Sabbath legend's daughter shows she has cheeky side
The New York outfit play Glasgow's Barfly tonight - and their superb New Order-influenced sound is sure to go down a storm.
Email: Be Brave - check it out
Among the ignored: Allison Anders's Mi vida loca, Stephen Frears's The Grifters, Tim Burton's Ed Wood, Barbet Schroeder's Barfly, David Lynch's Mulholland Dr., and Joseph Strick's The Savage Eye.
City of angles: Gary Indiana on Los Angeles plays itself
The Cure are playing a rare intimate club gig in aid of War Child and Shelter at the London Barfly on Friday, March 5.
3am: How to find a Cure
In a spot called "Mini-Mart," a drug-friendly barfly offers the obvious solution: change the law.
Bad ad: peanuts, candy, heroin. (Citing)
His later works include the novels Post Office (1971) and Factotum (1975) and the screenplay (published 1984) for the 1987 motion picture Barfly, a semiautobiographical comedy about alcoholic lovers on skid row.
Bukowski, Charles
Abu Dhabi's Venetian Village, which is located within the Ritz-Carlton Grand Canal development, has confirmed five F&B brands that will debut in the waterfront destination - Olives, Al Fanar, Inayaka, Barfly and Brasserie Flo.
USA celeb chef Todd English to make UAE debut