(n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.
(n.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study of male current drinkers showed that typical flushers drank less alcohol than did atypical and nonflushers, but there was no observed difference between the drinking patterns of atypical flushers and nonflushers.
(2) However, this study demonstrated that cultural factors such as embarrassment also contribute to lower alcohol consumption by flushers.
(3) The relative concentrations of ethanol and acetaldehyde in blood and that of acetate in alcohol metabolism could be summarized as follows: 7500 (15 mM): 1-3 (2-5 microM); 250-400 (0.5-0.8 mM) for non-flushers; and 7500 (15 mM): 5-10 (10-20 microM): 250-400 (0.5-0.8 mM) for a flusher.
(4) Ethanol concentrations of flushers and nonflushers were similar.
(5) Chlorpropamide alcohol flushers appeared to be more sensitive to ethanol.
(6) This study examined whether lower consumption of alcohol among flushers was correlated with cultural factors such as embarrassment over flushing as well as with biological factors among Japanese in Japan and Japanese-Americans using data from a joint Japan-U.S. collaborative survey.
(7) The mean alcohol intake differed significantly between groups: (1) habitat--Japanese versus Japanese-Americans, (2) flushing status--flushers versus nonflushers, and (3) embarrassment about flushing.
(8) Lower alcohol consumption by flushers than by nonflushers has been attributed to differences in physiological reactions to alcohol.
(9) The effects of ethanol and subsequent administration of intravenous naloxone were studied in double-blind, placebo-controlled fashion with a group of six male chlorpropamide alcohol flushers (CPAF) and a group of 13 nonflushing males.
(10) In the non-flushers, on the contrary, no significant increase was observed.
(11) My day as a 'flusher' in the London sewers Read more Back at the surface, Paris’s familiar hustle and bustle suddenly feels like an aggression.
(12) So if you see a flusher emerging from a sewer near you (with or without a python), do say thanks rather than moaning about your blocked toilet or the size of your water bill.
(13) In the flushers, significant increases in the blood acetaldehyde (AcH) level, skin temperature and pulse rate were found.
(14) The percentage of flushers was 68.6% of males and 41.9% of females, non-flushers 18.3%, 11.2%, and unknowns 13.1%, 46.9%, respectively.
(15) We found that "flushers" are found exclusively among subjects without ALDH I, and that their blood levels of acetaldehyde were significantly higher than those of "non-flushers" within 10 min after the block.
(16) There was no difference between the flushers and the non-flushers concerning the change in the blood ethanol (EtOH) level nor the change of P1 and P2 latencies in photopalpebral reflex (PPR).
(17) Flushers are genetically less able to tolerate alcohol than nonflushers and are less likely to become alcoholics.
(18) Since endogenous opiates and prostaglandins may be mediators of flushing syndromes, we attempted to block EIF in four Asian flushers with single doses of either the opiate antagonist nalmefene, or the prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor indomethacin.
(19) Lucky you didn’t faint,” says Vince Minney, who has been a flusher for 26 years.
(20) We determined by means of hybridization of genomic DNA samples with allele specific oligonucleotide probes, genotypes of the ADH2 and ALDH2 loci in Japanese alcohol flushers and nonflushers.
Fluster
Definition:
(v. t.) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
(v. i.) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
(n.) Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Example Sentences:
(1) But isn't there a bit of him that wants to gloat; to tell all the kids who thought he was a nerd that he's now this babe magnet, this sex god, this… And now he really is flushed and flustered.
(2) Ben Mee was too flustered to risk a challenge, with Hazard easily cutting inside and curling a delicious shot into the far corner of Tom Heaton’s net.
(3) Graham Linehan , when we meet as the others grab sandwiches, is flustered from traffic but more so, I suspect, from, at the moment, being the ghost at the feast.
(4) While the shop assistants are aware they're playing the role of knicker pimp, of jolly hostess, I wonder if the male customers are aware of their own role, a role learned from the 1970s: flustered man in lingerie department.
(5) It was clear that McGregor’s barbs were getting at Diaz, who grew increasingly flustered and struggled to muster replies that went beyond a barrage of expletives.
(6) Romney refused to be flustered by the protesters, saying they had a right to express their views, but he brought his speech to an abrupt end soon afterwards, possibly to avoid any further disruption.
(7) A police officer at its north-east corner told a crowd of flustered tourists that there was an "activity" in the square and that it would be closed indefinitely.
(8) In 2004, George W Bush appeared flustered when asked to name three mistakes he had made as president.
(9) Now we’ve been told that the Egyptian government is arguing with David Cameron,” she demanded of the flustered ambassador, shooting back as he tried to answer: “Now you are stuttering.” Earlier Casson had told reporters: “No they haven’t [blocked the flights].
(10) Intercepting the ball in central midfield, the Serb rampaged through and beyond four flustered Dynamo players and into the area.
(11) Hazard had been a constant menace, flustering Arsenal to the extent that Mathieu Flamini strayed dangerously close to turning one of his crosses into his own net, and Wenger was entitled to be disappointed that his team did not do more to look for rustiness in Petr Cech, the replacement for Courtois.
(12) Obama more than matched Romney and ended the stronger of the two on the night, leaving the Republican candidate looking flustered at times, particularly over Libya.
(13) But as he began a flustered and angry speech, Griffin already knew that worse was to come.
(14) But a flustered Sanders failed to point out that Clinton had attended a fundraiser in Philadelphia hosted by hedge fund managers only last week.
(15) The PSG full-back Serge Aurier became incredibly flustered with the Chelsea striker, who received a boot to the leg for his troubles after an arm was robustly thrown into the Ivorian’s face, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided the best way to reintroduce himself to John Terry was to put an elbow into his head just moments before putting Laurent Blanc’s team into the lead.
(16) But the bloke on the other side of the net also doesn't look particularly flustered.
(17) It was election night and David Dimbleby had a cabinet minister on the line: "Now," he said, momentarily flustered, "here is ... Ed Ball's wife."
(18) The tension eased, with England were far from flustered on the pitch as they ran out comfortable winners to claim their 10th victory of Group E. They are the sixth team to achieve 100% success in a European Championship qualifying campaign and, while they have not confronted particularly daunting opponents, Hodgson welcomed the recovery from the ignominy of Brazil.
(19) He's been due one…Beckerman hoists a long ball forward for Findley to chase and he duly flusters Futty Danso as he tries to shepherd the ball.
(20) Not have their identity overlooked with a fluster of fake smiles, feathers and "fabulous, darling".