chucker-out
Americannoun
plural
chuckers-outEtymology
Origin of chucker-out
1875–80; chuck out + -er 1
Example Sentences
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When the bill was presented by the courteous "chucker-out," we found that most unluckily neither of us had any money.
From Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories by Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander)
He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.
From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
"Come on," said the "chucker-out", with kindly insistence, "you'd better be getting on."
From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
On the first landing was another guard, a heavy, brutal-looking fellow who was no doubt the "chucker-out."
From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod
Smethurst off stage rather like a chucker-out in a pub regretfully ejecting an old and respected customer, and starting paging G.G.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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