barback
English edit
Etymology edit
bar + back, due to working in the back area of the bar and not interacting with patrons. Compare back of house and back office.
Noun edit
barback (plural barbacks)
- (bartending) An assistant to a bartender
- 2000 December 1, Jack Helbig, “Reindeer Games”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Cerda moved to Chicago and worked at a series of bars and clubs: the Orbit Room, the Paradise Club, even a stint at Limelight, where he supplemented his earnings as a barback by performing as Nina Hagen in one of the cages.
Synonyms edit
- runner (Britain)
Verb edit
barback (third-person singular simple present barbacks, present participle barbacking, simple past and past participle barbacked)
- To work as a barback.
