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bouncer
noun- a person, usually a strong man, employed to maintain and restore order in a bar, restaurant, club or performance US, 1883
In the UK, “bouncers” collectively are THE BOUNCEBouncers (1984) is a classic of the contemporary British theatre and one of the most performed plays in the English language. - [W]hen your friends come around asking for you they don’t get thrown out by the bouncer for not spending enough loot[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 198, 1946
- As the years gather on him, his personal temper seems to be cooling, but when he was younger and even more nervous he never needed a bouncer in any of his cafes. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 104, 1956
- The bouncers took care of them in a hurry and a few were hustled out lengthwise. — Mickey Spillane, Me, Hood!, p. 63, 1963
- In the meantime a bouncer name Eddie come along. — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 22, 1967
- I used to be the head bouncer here back in the 70s. — The Blues Brothers, 1980
- The go-go whore starts yelling I owe her five bucks and this bouncer come running over. — Elmore Leonard, Maximum Bob, p. 1, 1991
- [T]he bouncers are really chilled out–I don’t think some of them actually realise that they are supposed to be on the door. — Ben Malbon, Cool Places, p. 270, 1998
- the female breast UK, 1972
Obvious imagery and, equally obvious, usually in the plural. - a brakevan (caboose) US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 259, 1946
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 18, 1977
- a check drawn on insufficient funds US
- — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 205, 1966: Glossary of Prison Terms
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