barmaid
barmaid
Definition
bar·maid (bär′mād′)
noun
- Chiefly Brit. a woman bartender
- a waitress who serves alcoholic drinks in a bar
barmaid
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ask: In no time I was asked by 'Big Bill ' ( ask the barmaid in the pub next door!
- say: We were in there one night when a group of three or four lads came in and began chatting up the said barmaid.
- play: I played the barmaid there and everybody goes to their local watering hole.
- have: Dolphy claimed he'd had that new barmaid last night.
- tell: Told the barmaid ( Mel ) some dirty jokes.
Preposition: at
- pub: For the time being she is using her wild, laughing talents as a barmaid at the local pub.
- club: She also worked as a barmaid at the club during weekends.
Converse of subject
- serve: Choose to be served by barmaids with no teeth and hairy noses.
Adjective modifier
- busty: Saw John yonks ago locally, and he told my partner that she could be a busty barmaid in Emmerdale.
- young: Midway through the film Titta makes an uncharacteristic move and begins to open up to a young barmaid from the hotel.
- local: Things were going well, until my son called me one evening to say he had offered the job to a local barmaid.
- new: Trimmer Welsh, the muscle behind the gang, was causing a scene with the new barmaid in a pub.
- pretty: Ken's dry wit and good heart make him popular with the regulars, especially the pretty barmaid.
- friendly: On this occasion, we chose to prop up the bar and engage the very friendly barmaid in conversation.
Modifies a noun
Noun used with modifier
- Aussie: So they retired to a hotel to chat up an Aussie barmaid instead.
- hotel: Then he falls in love with the hotel barmaid ( Magnani ).
Possessives
- bedroom: It is heading toward Roger's field and runs parallel to, and lower than, The Barmaids ' Bedrooms.
Preposition: in
- pub: Trimmer Welsh, the muscle behind the gang, was causing a scene with the new barmaid in a pub.
Preposition: from
- pub: He is also said to have married a barmaid from a pub in Piper's Row.
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