Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who draws or pours out liquor; a tapster; a server of drink; hence, the landlord of an alehouse or tavern.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who serves liquor; a tapster.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who serves liquor; a tapster.

Etymologies

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skink +‎ -er

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  • One employed to dispense liquors in a bar: a tapster.

    May 13, 2008

  • Our Ernest is a generous drinker,

    Acquiring friends as he grows pinker.

    In mock celebration

    They beg a libation

    With a smile and a wink at the skinker.

    Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit

    July 6, 2014