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/bˈaʊnsər/ Listen

noun

Bouncer n.

One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.

A boaster; a bully. (Collog.)

A bold lie; also, a liar. (Collog.)

Something big; a good stout example of the kind. "The stone must be a bouncer."

A person employed by a tavern, nightclub, or other place of public meeting, to eject persons who become violent or unruly.

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Etymology of 'Bouncer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... parts at continent o' Haworth; foak craaded in on all sides, even th' oud men an' wimen fra Wicken Crag an' th' Flappeters, an' strappin' foak they are yo mind, sum as fat as pigs, wi' heeads as red as carrits, an' nimble as a india-rubber bouncer taw; an' wat wur th' best on't it happened to be a fine day; or if it hed been made accordin' to orders it cudent a been finer. Shops wur all closed, an' everybody, oud an' young hed a haliday aat o'th' doors, for they were all flade o' missin' th' Grand ...

— Th' History o' Haworth Railway - fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimony • Bill o'th' Hoylus End

... answer is returned, the fare is put in the hopper of the pneumatic tube, it goes to the engineer, he pulls a string, the door flies open and the passenger enters. Not the least important part of the machinery is the patent "aeolian bouncer," as it is called. A pair of ice tongs are placed so as to grasp the passenger by the seat of the pants or the polonaise, as the case may be, when he or she gets on the platform. These tongs are ...

— Peck's Compendium of Fun • George W. Peck

... Ginsberg. He's had his hand shook enough in his life, and by kings, to shake it once more with an old bouncer like you!" ...

— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst

... saloon, but he liked Roosevelt and the men who surrounded the young Easterner, and had cast in his lot with them. The effectiveness, as a guardian of the peace, of the man who had at the beginning of his career in the Bad Lands been saloon "bouncer" for ...

— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn

... you done with him, Tom?' asked Major Bouncer, eagerly bringing his sturdy collar-marked ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

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