Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

party crashers

English answer:

uninvited guests

Added to glossary by Kpy
Nov 3, 2003 10:39
20 yrs ago
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English term

party crashers

Non-PRO English Other
We certainly didn't want to be confused with what a friend of mine called ham and eggers, as in party crashers who wanted more that what they were entitled to.

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Uninvited guests

also called gatecrashers
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agree Norbert Hermann
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agree IanW (X) : Snap!
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agree Elenacb
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agree NGK
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agree Sara Noss
4 mins
agree Attila Piróth
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agree Kriste (X)
18 mins
agree Louise Mawbey
31 mins
agree Catherine Norton
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uninvited guests

People who come to a party uninvited - also known as "gate-crashers".
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agree Norbert Hermann
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agree Elenacb
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agree NGK
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agree Sara Noss
4 mins
agree Catherine Norton
45 mins
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+4
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people who are uninvited to a party

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\'ham-and-eggers\'

Jobber - (n.) An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers. Barry Horowitz is probably the best known of these. Sometimes known as fish, redshirts PLs (professional losers,) or \'ham-and-eggers.\' Steve Lombardi (Brooklyn Brawler) is also a well known jobber.
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agree Norbert Hermann : and steal the booze
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agree Elenacb
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agree NGK
1 min
agree Sara Noss
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gate crashers

Here this is used as a synonym for gate crashers, that is, people who enter, attend, or participate in something without invitation or ticket and often by misrepresenting themselves (MWU)

Cheerio,

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agree Sara Noss
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agree Kriste (X)
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