barkeep

variants also barkeeper

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of barkeep His costar Ted Danson, who played barkeep Sam Malone, explains on the upcoming episode of SiriusXM's Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend that Harrelson's first week on the set was a physical challenge for the veterans of the series. EW.com, 15 June 2024 The pace is brisk; in mere pages, Gordon has found a bad job, a grim apartment and a friendly barkeep called Janice. Rumaan Alam, New York Times, 21 May 2024 The marvelously over the top cocktail bar, outfitted with red velvet banquettes and undulating mirrors, buzzes with the energy of neighborhood folk who are eager to sample the barkeep’s magical mixing (the Ferrari, a mix of Fernet Branca and Cappelletti, could raise the dead). Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2023 By unlocking powerful real estate development tools, a new stadium allows a team owner to create a broader development that captures even more revenue — which, in this case, once went to ordinary barkeeps and restaurant owners hoping to serve the game-day crowds. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for barkeep 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barkeep
Noun
  • Meanwhile, listening bars, long popular in Japan, are cropping up from New York City to Los Angeles, spinning cool-jazz LPs on classic systems as the bartenders pour Scotch whisky far younger than the audio gear itself.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Over by the bar, the maître d’ and bartender whispered, and in the corner, a girl no older than fifteen held her phone aloft, recording.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So now the doctor's office, the barmen, the hotel men, the railroad, everyone now has to pay more for wood.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Asian-Latin menu speaks to Bruner-Yang's Taiwanese and Cambodian heritage and the barmen's homeland in El Salvador.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • To pay for her stay and her tuition, O’Donnell moonlighted as a waitress.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Deloris was employed as a waitress for 15 years, working some of that time at the Green Lantern Cafe in Chaska and the American Legion in Chanhassen.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Barkeep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barkeep. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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