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  • noun Plural form of barman.

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Examples

  • But the cook had many porters besides Havelok, and when the cry of 'barmen' was heard they all tried one to outdo the other in obtaining the pot in which lay the hot fish.

    The Red Romance Book Andrew Lang 1900

  • Some barmen threw fruits, vegetables, eggs, and handfuls of sawdust from the floor at the reformers.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The barmen here, who are all experts, don't really drink Duvel anymore.

    Belgian Brewer Finds Crafty Success John W. Miller 2011

  • Because the Jets and Giants shouldn't be the only ones sitting at home getting fat this Sunday, we've ransacked the minds of some of NY's most esteemed chefs & barmen to bring you easy-to-make recipes packing flavors so explosive, you'll think Antonio Cromartie's tweeting about you.

    Thrillist: Super Bowl Super Snacking: Easy Grub for Game Day Thrillist 2011

  • Some of them will be postmen, some barmen, some barristers, some policemen, some teachers, some docters and some will probably be claiming government benefit.

    Too many of us treat young white women as trash | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • Because the Jets and Giants shouldn't be the only ones sitting at home getting fat this Sunday, we've ransacked the minds of some of NY's most esteemed chefs & barmen to bring you easy-to-make recipes packing flavors so explosive, you'll think Antonio Cromartie's tweeting about you.

    Thrillist: Super Bowl Super Snacking: Easy Grub for Game Day Thrillist 2011

  • At the Delirium, Brussels's biggest and best-known beer bar, barmen say that on most nights, Duvel is among its 10 top selling beers.

    Belgian Brewer Finds Crafty Success John W. Miller 2011

  • A Swedish DJ is spinning while two peasant women from Hubei wipe off the bar and clean the floor, next to trendy barmen filling glasses with cocktails with international names.

    In China, Musicians For the Modern Era Ilaria Maria Sala 2010

  • What I hadn't realised was that the same dualistic heresy made it to England, specifically Canterbury and Oxford, where believers were known as "publicans" – nothing to do with barmen, but a corruption of "popelican", whatever that meant.

    Simon Hoggart's week: Lot valley? The French aren't kidding 2010

  • Once prohibition took hold, many barmen lost their jobs, and the bartenders that worked in speakeasies in those days were not as skillful as their predecessors had been.

    Karl Kozel: Bartending Straight Up 2010

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