Beerslinger
beerslinger
noun
a bartender (late 1800s+)
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- Before long
having considerable linear extent in sp-ce: a long distance; a long handle. having considerable duration in time: a long conversation; a long while. extending, lasting, or totaling a number of specified units: eight miles long; eight hours long. containing many items or units: a long list. requiring a considerable time to relate, read, etc.: a […]
- Before the present
see b.p (def 4). bachelor of pharmacy. bachelor of philosophy. finance. basis point. archaeology. before the present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950: between 2 and 3 million years b.p.; human groups living in cities by 5000 b.p. commerce. bills payable.
- Before present
see b.p (def 4). bachelor of pharmacy. bachelor of philosophy. finance. basis point. archaeology. before the present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950: between 2 and 3 million years b.p.; human groups living in cities by 5000 b.p. commerce. bills payable.
- Before the wind
driven ahead, hurried, as in the bikers are moving before the wind, so it’s hard to tell who will come in first. the literal meaning of this term is nautical, referring to a ship sailing in the same direction as the wind and being propelled forward. its figurative use dates from the mid-1800s.
- Before you can say jack robinson
also, quicker than you can say jack robinson. almost immediately, very soon, as in i’ll finish this book before you can say jack robinson. this expression originated in the 1700s, but the ident-ty of jack robinson has been lost. grose’s cl-ssical dictionary (1785) said he was a man who paid such brief visits to acquaintances […]