Definitions

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  • adjective Beside a bar (counter or building that serves alcoholic drinks).

Etymologies

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bar +‎ -side

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Examples

  • It was a long way yet before he turned into a barside pervert.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • It was a long way yet before he turned into a barside pervert.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • Before I could launch into a barside invective about that I noticed that Nicky Charles had ebbed away down the polished if perverse wood.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Before I could launch into a barside invective about that I noticed that Nicky Charles had ebbed away down the polished if perverse wood.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Before I could launch into a barside invective about that I noticed that Nicky Charles had ebbed away down the polished if perverse wood.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • As they wait their turn to go onstage, 55-year-old saxophonist Chuck Hancock (no relation to Herbie, he says, “sadly”) and 36-year-old bassist Antar Goodwin huddle by a barside table with guitarist Pip Biancamano, 48.

    Crusaders of Live Music 2008

  • After his set, Goodwin pours himself a cranberry juice and sits back down at the low barside table, slightly removed from the music.

    Crusaders of Live Music 2008

  • Even the Yahooligans were getting into the barside chat: Snagging AOL would bring along some great assets that Google really needs, including the Netscape name (and campus down the street from Google in Mt. View), AIM, AOL Mail, AOL Mobile, multimedia assets, tons of content and tons of community services as well.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Ben Barren 2005

  • Even the Yahooligans were getting into the barside chat: Snagging AOL would bring along some great assets that Google really needs, including the Netscape name (and campus down the street from Google in Mt. View), AIM, AOL Mail, AOL Mobile, multimedia assets, tons of content and tons of community services as well.

    Web 2.0 Playboy Mansion Mashup Ben Barren 2005

  • This continued for a while, until it became evident that Orin and I had nothing in common, and we wouldn't be getting to know each other very well on a deeper intellectual level, so barside conversation was pretty pointless.

    luvabeans Diary Entry luvabeans 2003

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