Recent Examples on the WebThe painting’s subject, a barmaid who in real life was named Suzon, stands at the center looking blankly into space.—Vulture, 26 Sep. 2023 The two young women arrive at their barmaid jobs with a sense of palpable disorientation.—Amy Nicholson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023 The role of the barmaid, therefore, is not only one of service but of performance.—Hazlitt, 21 June 2023 Her father was a bricklayer, her mother a house cleaner and barmaid.—Benedict Nightingale, New York Times, 15 June 2023 And the bar is still there, minus the wicker and barmaids, and now leads to an expansion with a small stage for live music.—René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2023 As a barmaid who is also Landor’s lover and confidant, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Patsy may be the most normal person here.—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023 The movie also features a large cast of frostily amusing supporting players, though some, like the always charming Charlotte Gainsbourg—as a barmaid who sometimes shares Landor’s bed—could have a little more to do.—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2022 That includes Charlotte Gainsbourg in the underwritten part of Patsy, the sad-eyed local tavern barmaid who occasionally shares his bed.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
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