party crashers

English translation: uninvited guests

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English term or phrase:	party crashers
Selected answer:	uninvited guests
Entered by:	Kpy

10:39 Nov 3, 2003

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: party crashers

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.

vkan

Uninvited guests

Explanation:
also called gatecrashers

Selected response from:

Kpy
France
Local time: 18:55

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4 +9

Uninvited guests

Kpy

4 +5

uninvited guests

IanW (X)

5 +4

people who are uninvited to a party

Transflux (X)

5 +2

gate crashers

Valentín Hernández Lima

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

Uninvited guests

Explanation:
also called gatecrashers

Kpy
France
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 32

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

uninvited guests

Explanation:
People who come to a party uninvited - also known as "gate-crashers".

IanW (X)
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 235

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

people who are uninvited to a party

Explanation:
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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.

Transflux (X)
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 16

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

gate crashers

Explanation:
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,

V

Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 8

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