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barmaid Definition

bar·maid (bärmād′)

noun

  1. Chiefly Brit. a woman bartender
  2. 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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