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Meaning of "barflies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARFLIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARFLIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Barflies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARFLIES

bareheaded
Bareilly
barelegged
barely
Barenboim
bareness
Barents Sea
baresark
baresthesia
barf
barfly
barful
bargain
bargain away
bargain basement
bargain bin
bargain for
bargain hunter
bargain offer
bargain on

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARFLIES

as the crow flies
blackflies
blowflies
botflies
butterflies
damselflies
dobsonflies
dragonflies
drink with the flies
families
fireflies
flies
gadflies
greenflies
horseflies
houseflies
mayflies
sandflies
sawflies
stoneflies
whiteflies

Synonyms and antonyms of barflies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «barflies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARFLIES

Find out the translation of barflies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barflies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barflies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

barflies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barflies
570 millions of speakers

English

barflies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

barflies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

barflies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Barflies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barflies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

barflies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barflies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Barisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

barflies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

barflies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

barflies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barflies
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

barflies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

barflies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅफली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

barflies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

barflies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barflies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Barflies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

barflies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

barflies
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

kroegvlieë
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

barflies
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

barflies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barflies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARFLIES»

The term «barflies» is normally little used and occupies the 118.507 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARFLIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «barflies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «barflies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barflies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARFLIES»

Discover the use of barflies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barflies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Boycotts and Barflies
In this hilarious debut novel, Victoria Michaels brings us a colorful and relatable cast of characters.
Victoria Michaels, 2010
2
Barflies: Reykjavik
In 1993 in Reykjavik, Iceland, a bar named Kaffibarinn Frikki & Dyrio opened its doors to the public. It was a small place on two floors in a modest old corrugated iron house on a side street near Reykjavik's main shopping drag.
‎2008
3
State of the Masses
analysis, and this subgroup (of which working-class men) can then be further divided according to how often they frequent bars and taverns. As it happens, 19 % of this subsample qualify as barflies (several times a month or more), 36% qualify ...
Richard F. Hamilton, 1986
4
Sophisticated Barflies and Other Short Plays
Praised for her "wicked wit" by LA Weekly, award-winning playwright Kristen Lazarian playfully navigates the world of dating and relationships in this offbeat collection of early stage works.
Kristen Lazarian, 2012
5
Hell's Faire
As noted in the dedication, thanks to all the Barflies. Baen Publishing maintains a very active webboard community called Baen's Bar. We, and I consider myself a Barfly of long and serious standing, refer to ourselves as the Barflies.
John Ringo, 2003
6
The Solitude of Nights: Selected Poems
We were caught with our pants down waiting for the sun to rise that day, worming our way through the midnight hours, trucking through mud that oozed and squelched between our toes, winging our way on the tails of the barflies, We ran  ...
Robert G. Anstey, 2007
7
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance
(Poor Nort had already been crucified by the townsfolk.) According to STEPHEN KING, the town of Tull was named after the rock band Jethro Tull. 1:23-24, 1:26- 29 (barflies), 1:33, 1:34-39 (barflies), 1:40 (barflies), 1:47-52 (barflies and others at ...
Robin Furth, 2012
8
The Legend of the Mary Celeste and Other Poems
One afternoon he regaled fellow barflies of the wild birds that sat on his fingers for sustenance. Red was quite naturally disbelieved until he coaxed them, one by one, to visit that wildlife reserve. It's a sobering thought trying to visualize a covey  ...
Francis Young, Kerr, Francis Kerr Young, 2006
9
Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World
Decrying the world and sensing danger ahead, Reuben decides he needs a drink. Scene two. The Bar, 10:00 P.M. Four Barflies—Doc, Ignatz, Lonesome, and Mr. Chipper—confide their problems to Bart, the precinct boss who owns the saloon ...
Howard Pollack, 2012
10
Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World
Scene two. The Bar, 10:00 P.M. Four Barflies—Doc, Ignatz, Lonesome, and Mr. Chipper—confide their problems to Bart, the precinct boss who owns the saloon ( “Tell It ToBart”). Worried thathe's about tolose power toan Italian rival, Malatesta ...
Howard Pollack, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARFLIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barflies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Magic Mike XXL': The woman's dollar and the fantasy business
Or Mae (Jane McNeill): sexually unsatisfied, romantic, trapped. Or any number of convention-goers, strip club attendees or drag barflies: thick, ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
2
Even Later, At the Coffee Shop
... her first novel, “Later, at the Bar”, a series of 10 interconnected vignettes that follow select barflies in a single upstate New York watering hole. «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
3
Brisbane's foodiest suburbs
Barflies can slake their thirst at watering holes such as Cobbler and The End, while those who prefer their drinks made from hops patronise ... «Good Food, Jul 15»
4
Rib Fest: Metro Detroiters make their way smoking meat, making …
But when the recession of 2008 hit and barflies drinking budgets shrank, Wakeford says he had to find a way to keep the customers coming. «Detroit Metro Times, Jul 15»
5
Where does Boston rank when it comes to the price of a beer?
A new international study quantifies what local barflies and New England tourists already knew: Beer in Boston ain't cheap. But it could be ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
6
StageStruck: Ghost Stories part 2 – Three Henries
... actors' gaze regularly expands to include us, the audience, as soldiers, courtiers, barflies. In Jenna Ware's continuously imaginative staging, ... «Valley Advocate, Jul 15»
7
Punk rock Pig Roast feeds appetite for a party
For the past five years, barflies and music fans have celebrated Independence Day at Nancy Whiskey's bar in Corktown with a day-long punk ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
8
This 'Zoo' trip might be too far out
... of whom TV is so fond, Jamie Campbell (Kristen Connolly), fixates on some big-city lions who escaped from the zoo and killed a few barflies. «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
9
Berlin on Stage
The plays' three mischief-makers were semi-contemporary barflies: Maria the barmaid a gum-chewing, miniskirted bleached blonde; Andrew ... «Valley Advocate, Jun 15»
10
5 things to do in Hamilton this weekend
You'll need to have completed your BJCP (that's the Beer Judge Certificate Program to all the barflies out there) to cast your vote. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Barflies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/barflies>. May 2024 ».
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