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Meaning of chucker-out | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of bouncer.

UK, informal

Examples

“Then Dawes made a remark which caused Paul to throw half a glass of beer in his face. “Oh, Mr. Morel!” cried the barmaid, and she rang the bell for the “chucker-out.””
“"An old scrapper don't find many openings. Chucker-out at a pub with free drinks. Nothing doing there."”
“[…] a shining angel, but — pitch! — ah now, Mrs. Philip Ederney! There's no denying that the dad's soul mayn't be as white as it would be if he hadn't spent ten years as a chucker-out in a speak-easy in Chicago. Souls get a bit blind and tough in that sort of job and, sure enough, […]”
“Then came the end of the turn, when the dummy asked us all to 'kindly rise and give a toast to his Majesty the King', at which Mack didn't stand but shouted, 'Kindly leave off, will you?' I moved along the row of seats towards him. By the time I got to him they were changing the scenery on the stage, and he was having a fight with the chucker-out.”
“But the feature of the place was really Abdul, the chucker-out. Abdul was a huge fellow, reputed to be an^([sic]) eunuch, coal-black, shiny, and with biceps that would have made Jack Dempsey cry.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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