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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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"Bouncer" Quotes from Famous Books

... left the drawing-room, and Augustus Jenkins turned to his fiancee "By Jove," he said, "that girl is a bouncer!" ...

— The Honorable Miss - A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town • L. T. Meade

... the day of trial. Every seat in the Court was filled, and a mass of the unwashed hung over the gallery rail, gazing at the show provided for their entertainment. Mary Grant and Mrs. Gordon went into Court at the suggestion of their leading Counsel, Bouncer, Q.C., who was nothing if not theatrical. He wanted them there to see the overthrow of the enemy, and to lend point to his invective against the intruders who were trying to take away their birthright. A small army ...

— An Outback Marriage • Andrew Barton Paterson

... Betty bouncer kept a stall At the corner of a street, And she had a smile for all. Many were the friends she'd greet With kindly nod on passing by, Who, ...

— Pipe and Pouch - The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry • Various

... "This is Ben Bouncer, the mascot of Number 7 camp," the foreman announced. He pushed Parker to the front rank of the group. "He won't hurt ye," he added. "He has got used enough to men to be a little sassy, an' he's got colty on Gid Ward's grain, ...

— The Rainy Day Railroad War • Holman Day

... sir," said Shaddy solemnly, "when I tell you a story of the good old traveller sort—I mean a bouncer—you'll see the corners of my lips screwed up. When I'm telling you what's true as true, you'll see I look solid as mahogany; and that's how I'm ...

— Rob Harlow's Adventures - A Story of the Grand Chaco • George Manville Fenn

... BETH BOUNCER will open her new assortment of Doll's Millinery next week. The latest Paris fashions have arrived, and orders ...

— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

... in a stick- house in the coppice [grove], causing terror to the family of old Mr. Benjamin Bouncer. Next day he moved into a pollard willow near the lake, frightening the wild ducks ...

— The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter • Beatrix Potter

... clue to my trade in a game of forfeits. I love my love with a B because she's beautiful; I hate my love with a B because she is brazen; I took her to the sign of the Blue Boar; and I treated her with Bonnets; her name's Bouncer and she lives in Bedlam—now, what do ...

— Ten Girls from Dickens • Kate Dickinson Sweetser