The latter is of gigantic stature; quite a "chucker-out;" in a uniform between that of a German bandsman and a Salvation. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892] Reference
One senior lodger, a fine Norman-looking stevedore named Steve, was known as ‘head of the house’, and was arbiter of disputes and unpaid chucker-out. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
The suggestion made by an Irishman, Mr. Sullivan of Reuter's Agency, to employ a London "chucker-out" did not at all appeal to his notions of the traditions of Parisian gastronomic hospitality. From Wordnik.com. [Paris War Days Diary of an American] Reference
I had registered my traps myself, and was looking out for some one to carry them to the den in which you are penned till the train arrives, when, lo! the chucker-out! smiling and bowing as if he had never seen me before -- "Is better I retchistar de loggosh, Sar; pity shentlemans like you, Sar, retchistar de loggosh.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892] Reference
"Oh, Mr. Morel!" cried the barmaid, and she rang the bell for the "chucker-out". From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
“Well, Lowry knew of that fact, and yet risked employing him as barman and as chucker-out,” I said. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
His gifts as chucker-out were seldom in requisition, because the village is orderly and we seldom have men drunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
The two of them, with a large chucker-out, had finally landed in a heap in Leicester Square -- with the hatless gentleman underneath. From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
Our prize-fighter and chucker-out has won seventy-five prize-fights and has never been beaten, and is a splendid shot with the revolver. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing England] Reference
One senior lodger, a fine Norman-looking stevedore named Steve, was known as head of the house, and was arbiter of disputes and unpaid chucker-out. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
Still the "chucker-out" kept thrusting his chest forward at him, still he kept edging back, until he was in the doorway and on the steps outside; then he turned round. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
They don’t seem to have been at all gentle with him; probably, as he was the official chucker-out to the pub, they had some old scores to settle. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
He's a regular chucker-out, ain't he, sir?. From Wordnik.com. [Falk] Reference
"chucker-out". From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
"A regular chucker-out. From Wordnik.com. [Falk] Reference
“A regular chucker-out. From Wordnik.com. [Falk, by Joseph Conrad] Reference
He’s a regular chucker-out, ain’t he, sir?. From Wordnik.com. [Falk, by Joseph Conrad] Reference
"Come on," said the "chucker-out", with kindly insistence, "you'd better be getting on.". From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
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