floorer

[ flawr-er, flohr- ]

/ ˈflɔr ər, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

a person who lays floors.

a person, blow, etc., that knocks someone or something to the floor.

Informal. something that beats, overwhelms, or confounds.

Origin of floorer

First recorded in 1785–95; floor + -er¹

Words nearby floorer

floorage, floorboard, floor broker, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, floor exercise, floor-filler, floor furnace, flooring, flooring brad

Example sentences from the Web for floorer

"Take that, then," said the other, and gave him a floorer; but he was prevented from falling by those around him.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.|Pierce Egan
Skittles has within the past few years received an awful blow—quite a floorer—from the powers that be.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
Which to take the first of the turnstile wings is the floorer.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890|Various
This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various

Floorer, a blow sufficiently strong to knock a man down, or bring him to the floor.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

单词	floorer
释义	floorer [ flawr-er, flohr- ] / ˈflɔr ər, ˈfloʊr- / noun a person who lays floors. a person, blow, etc., that knocks someone or something to the floor. Informal. something that beats, overwhelms, or confounds. Origin of floorer First recorded in 1785–95; floor + -er¹ Words nearby floorer floorage, floorboard, floor broker, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, floor exercise, floor-filler, floor furnace, flooring, flooring brad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for floorer "Take that, then," said the other, and gave him a floorer; but he was prevented from falling by those around him. Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.\|Pierce Egan Skittles has within the past few years received an awful blow—quite a floorer—from the powers that be. The Slang Dictionary\|John Camden Hotten Which to take the first of the turnstile wings is the floorer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890\|Various This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847\|Various Floorer, a blow sufficiently strong to knock a man down, or bring him to the floor. The Slang Dictionary\|John Camden Hotten
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