Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who draws and serves liquor for customers; a bartender.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person employed in a tavern to tap or draw beer or ale, or other liquor, to be served to guests.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One whose business is to
tap ordraw ale or other liquor;barkeep
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
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Examples
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A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man a fresh tapster.
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A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man, a fresh tapster.
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A tapster is a good trade, and an old cloak makes a new jerkin;
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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A tapster is a good trade, and an old cloak makes a new jerkin;
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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A tapster is a good trade, and an old cloak makes a new jerkin;
Tales George Crabbe 1793
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A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man a fresh tapster.
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A tapster is a good trade: 15 an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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Prince William discreetly spending some time with rough sleepers is Hal learning the language of the tapster and the prostitute.
Shakespeare's best history plays Jonathan Bate 2010
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This latter personage took upon himself the office of tapster when the punch was ready, and after dispensing it all round, led the conversation to the antiquities of York, with which both he and the grey – haired gentleman appeared to be well acquainted.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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The neighbouring tapster, who before would beckon you over to a savoury bit of ox-cheek in the morning, give it to you gratis, and only score you up for the liquor, immediately after you were packed off in disgrace, carried a petition to your master to be paid out of your wages, whereof not a farthing was due, and then pursued you with bailiffs into every blind cellar.
Serf Advisory 2005
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