barkeep
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bar + keep, clipping of barkeeper.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
barkeep (plural barkeeps)
- (informal) a bartender
- 1873, Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands:
- I sez to the barkeep' o' the hotel, "Show me the biggest doctor here."
- 1999: Frasier (TV, episode 6.13)
- Barkeep, a couple of beers here, please?