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Meanings of barmaid in English

A woman preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Usage of barmaid in English
1
I was playing the listener; but, then, she was only a barmaid.
Arms and the Woman
2
But the barmaid-Yrene-hadlookedso earnest when she talked about helping people.
The Assassin’s Blade
3
Your language reminds me of the time when you were a barmaid.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
4
Hillars is not a man to fall in love with a barmaid.
Arms and the Woman
5
Ploughman's, said the barmaid, putting a plate down in front of him.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
6
The buxom barmaid brought their drink, bending low in front of Owein.
The grail king
7
Hawke signaled the barmaid for another round and she delivered it promptly.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
8
He would have married a barmaid, if necessary, for the same reason.
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
9
This was pretty exotic stuff for a telepathic barmaid from northern Louisiana.
Dead until dark
10
She drops her final g's like a barmaid or a blue-blooded Aide-de-Camp.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
11
This man, Martin Kallikak, conceived an illegitimate son with an imbecile barmaid.
The new yorker
12
He paid the barmaid and maneuvered his way back to his new friends.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
13
The stockbroker flirts with the barmaid-caseshave been known; often he marries her.
Tea-Table Talk
14
The barmaid appeared from the inner regions of the parlour, excited and preoccupied.
The Moonstone
15
Alkad Mzu received her slim glass from the barmaid, and tasted the wine.
The Reality Dysfunction
16
Wife had been a barmaid at Cambridge; married her when he was nineteen.
James Pethel
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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