barkeep

noun, verb — 2 senses

barkeep

noun

CA, US /ˈbɑɹˌkiːp/ · UK /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ˌkiːp/

Etymology From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

1

Informal A bartender.

I sez to the barkeep' o' the hotel, "Show me the biggest doctor here."1873, Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands:
Barkeep, a couple of beers here, please?1999: Frasier (TV, episode 6.13)

barkeep

verb

Etymology From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

1

To bartend; to keep a bar; to act as a barkeep.

I barkeeped in Pontiac, Michigan and, later in Detroit and Ypsilanti.2001, Bert G. Osterberg, chapter 1, in Silas Cully's Tavern Tales: Stories, Jokes, and Recipes from a Nineteenth Century Barkeeper, page 24:

Derived terms: barkeeper

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