B-drinker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From B-drink + -er.
Meanings
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(US, slang) Someone who drinks a B-drink; a young woman hired to sit at a bar and induce the customers to buy her drinks, or spend money at the bar; a B-girl.
"That po gal." Jones explored a booth with the broom. "Hustlin water, runnin erran. Whoa!" "Ring up the precinct about her. She's a B-drinker."
1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B-drinkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
B-girl (bar girl)