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1906 A. H. Lewis Confessions of Detective iv. ii. 211 Three dull-witted bar-flies—thick, beer-soaked toughs, such as hang about the East Side bar-rooms, had done the job.

1910 Sat. Evening Post 16 July 5/2 Then, after having confessed to so much money, he hastened out, for he wud not be stung by bar-flies.

1932 C. Isherwood Memorial iii. ii. 201 A small market-town, inhabited by commercial travellers,..and other bar-flies.

1940 S. H. Holbrook Ethan Allen 53 He rode to Albany, hitched his horse outside the tavern, and went in... He talked a few minutes with the bar flies, then rode back to Bennington.

1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People v. 79 These aren't those Chicago, New York, or Detroit scotch-and-soda barflies.

1998 Beaver June–July 37/2 Primrose..went from bar to bar in a drunken state, talking to barflies in an attempt to gain information from them.

1991 Guardian 31 July 4/8 With a spring and a gentle splat, Britain's latest pub and discoteque diversion got off to a flying start yesterday. The ancient ploys of bar billiards and shove ha'penny are facing competition from the less tranquil occupation of Bar Fly Jumping.

1993 Internat. Herald Tribune 13 Apr. 8/6 Not only does it alphabetically list and earnestly explain barfly jumping, dwarf throwing, rolfing..and other weird things..but also gives legitimacy to the ephemeral and the stupid by weighting everything equally.

1998 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 28 May 1 Other attractions at the festival..included stone-carving, a music workshop, a solar-powered fairground ride and barfly jumping.