barkeep
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
compound of bar + keep, possibly a 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?
- 1873: Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands