pubbie

Noun

pubbie (plural pubbies)

1. A student at a public school.
   • Evan seemed older than everyone else, more mature than preppies and pubbies alike; his maturity attributable, perhaps, to the year he had spent at Harrow.2005, Paul Luchessa, A Spy at Harvard, →ISBN, page 6
   • She didn't go to his school. He could tell by her long hair and dress that she went to Nearhaven. You could almost always tell Nearhaven kids that way. Just as they could tell the pubbies.2013, Ted Kosmatka, Prophet of Bones: A Novel, →ISBN, page 11
2. A random member of the general public.
   • We are all from an outside place with a distinct culture and an almost xenophobic dislike of "pubbies" being public players not from our joint background.2012 September 13, Dave Thier, “A Look at The Diplomatic Skills of Sean Smith, AKA 'Vile Rat'”, in Forbes
   • The AI is decent, too; there are none of the "pubbie on Red Bull" first corner antics of Forza's Drivatars, nor the “I'm sticking to this line like I'm a train” automata of GT.2015 May 13, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “Project CARS review: The detailed simulation virtual gearheads deserve”, in Ars Technica
3. A visit to the local pub.
   • The worthy winner soon discovered, I may add, and the subject of many "side-bets" in the "pubbie" was Old Hand George Robbie's good Red Cock bred out of the continental stuff.1969, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volume 25, page 30
   • 'Shall we go home Fido? No? O.K. we'll stay' and 'Walkies,' says the husband to the dog. 'No, pubbies,' says the wife; Disorientation from Non-Pub World ('Am I still here, barman, or have I gone home?')1993, John Morris, Exploring Stereotyped Images in Victorian and Twentieth-century Literature and Society, →ISBN, page 16
4. Someone that one socializes with at the pub.
   • Met him at the bud... drinking pubbies... at the Also Ran.2010, Hans Fallada, Alone in Berlin, →ISBN
   • In a fit of drunkenness, Da had slobbered out the sort of rumor our own local pubbies wouldn't half heed, chin-drowned in gin as they were.2015, C.S.E. Cooney, Bone Swans: Stories, page 143