Meaning of chucker-out | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of bouncer.

UK, informal

Equivalents

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⟳.”

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