Bar-fly

n.

Heard in Mayo

A person who loiters in public houses from early in the day.

Yer mans turned into an awful barfly

Posh English

That fellow has become a most dreadful habitue of the tavern.

Related terms

• Blue arse flyA bluebottle fly, or to move about frantically; also to become excited or angry.
• Blue arsed flyA bluebottle fly. Used to describe someone who moves quickly, incoherently and at random.
• Shit over a nine bar gateTo excrement with such force that it would soar over a nine bar gate.
• A bad butt on a wham barTo do a dare for bad odds.
• As confused as a hungry baby in a topless barExtremely confused or bewildered.
• BarThe male member.