bouncer
someone who guards the front door of a nightclub
TRANSLATION
bouncer = der Türsteher, der Rausschmeisser --- GOOGLE INDEX bouncer: approximately 4,600,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Police in Aberdeen have raised concerns that the economic downturn is forcing pubs and clubs to cut back on the number of BOUNCERS they employ.
(The Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland)
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A customer ejected from a pub in the German city of Witten on Sunday stabbed the 31-year-old doorman four times in the chest with a knife, police said. But a fat wallet in the BOUNCER's breast pocket stopped the blade from piercing his body.
(Reuters news service)
(The Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland)
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A customer ejected from a pub in the German city of Witten on Sunday stabbed the 31-year-old doorman four times in the chest with a knife, police said. But a fat wallet in the BOUNCER's breast pocket stopped the blade from piercing his body.
(Reuters news service)
Did you
know?
bouncer
noun
- someone whose job is to stand outside a bar, party, etc. and either stop people who cause trouble from coming in or force them to leave
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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While he was a college student, country & western singer Garth Brooks briefly worked as a nightclub bouncer. One evening a feisty female patron named Sandy Mahl entered the ladies' room and threw a punch at another woman: an ex-boyfriend's jealous ex-girlfriend.
Mahl missed the ex-girlfriend and got her hand stuck in the wall. Brooks freed her hand, threw her out... and later married her.
Etymology: Bouncer stems from the idea of a bar patron literally being thrown out and "bouncing" on the pavement in front of the club. It's much like the modern version of a John Wayne film in which he bounces another cowboy through the saloon door during a fight.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"These days you have to be big and strong to be a bouncer."
noun
- someone whose job is to stand outside a bar, party, etc. and either stop people who cause trouble from coming in or force them to leave
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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While he was a college student, country & western singer Garth Brooks briefly worked as a nightclub bouncer. One evening a feisty female patron named Sandy Mahl entered the ladies' room and threw a punch at another woman: an ex-boyfriend's jealous ex-girlfriend.
Mahl missed the ex-girlfriend and got her hand stuck in the wall. Brooks freed her hand, threw her out... and later married her.
Etymology: Bouncer stems from the idea of a bar patron literally being thrown out and "bouncing" on the pavement in front of the club. It's much like the modern version of a John Wayne film in which he bounces another cowboy through the saloon door during a fight.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"These days you have to be big and strong to be a bouncer."
