loophound
nounEtymology From loop + hound.
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US, Slang Someone who frequents saloons or other nightlife, originally specifically in Chicago's Loop district.
- The Loop is a clamorous, smoke-infested district […] And he who frequents it at night in search of amusement and cheer is known, vulgarly, as a Loop-hound.1917, Edna Ferber, One Basket, London, published 1947, page 11:
- “Last I saw, she was supposed to be engaged to some North Shore loophound.”2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 4: