barkeep
English edit
Etymology edit
bar + keep, clipping of barkeeper.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barkeep (plural barkeeps)
- (informal) a bartender
- 1873, Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands:
- I sez to the barkeep' o' the hotel, "Show me the biggest doctor here."
- 1999: Frasier (TV, episode 6.13)
- Barkeep, a couple of beers here, please?