floorer

noun — 6 senses

floorer

noun

Etymology From floor + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix).

1

Someone who floors, lays flooring.

2

UK In skittles, the act of knocking down all of the skittles in one throw.

3

Informal A knock-down blow.

4

Informal A decisive retort.

5

Informal A question that one cannot easily answer; a poser.

6

In compounds, Rare A building with the specified number of floors.

  • You enter a skyscraper in an American city. The “theater” is a ten-floorer, the floors occupied by the theater running consecutively upward from ground. […] There are 10 auditoriums, one above the other in this 10-floorer, and in each auditorium the show is the same.1939, Thomas Oxenbridge, “Cavalcade of Architecture: An Interview with John Eberson”, in The Film Daily Cavalcade 1939, New York, NY: The Film Daily, page 238:

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