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tapster

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tap·ster  (tpstr)
n.
One who draws and serves liquor for customers; a bartender.
tapster [ˈtæpstə]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) Rare a barman
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (in W Africa) a man who taps palm trees to collect and sell palm wine
[Old English tæppestre, feminine of tæppere, from tappian to tap2]
tapstress  fem n
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Noun1.tapster - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or caskstapster - a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
tapper
publican, tavern keeper - the keeper of a public house
Translations
tapster
n (old) → Schankkellner(in) m(f), → Zapfer(in) m(f)
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This latter personage took upon himself the office of tapster when the punch was ready, and after dispensing it all round, led the conversation to the antiquities of York, with which both he and the grey-haired gentleman appeared to be well acquainted.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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