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barkeep

variants also barkeeper

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of barkeep The barkeeps know their classic cocktails, and a friendly staff adds to the relaxing neighborhood vibe. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Some of the barkeeps and the waiters are former acting colleagues. Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025 The world’s best barkeeps like that come together just once a year, for a shindig each summer in a city where many of today’s cocktails were invented. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2025 Tejada plays Ellie Estevez, a barkeep who looks after Brolin's Cap. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barkeep
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barkeep
Noun
  • Rothbauer, the bartender, sighs.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Jason’s cousin Chris Hahn is a bartender at SUR and has been living in Los Angeles for three years.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If the barmen is found guilty, they could be sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison, according to the Vietnamese central government.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Inspired by English poet Lord Byron, the bar serves cocktails curated by Aman Venice’s head barman and award-winning mixologist Antonio Ferrara.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In the latter, Ladd played Flo, a candid and cutting waitress who shows her softer side while befriending Ellen Brustyn’s Alice.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Barkeep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barkeep. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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