saloon keeper
noun
a person who owns or operates a saloon.
Origin of saloon keeper
1First recorded in 1840–50
Words Nearby saloon keeper
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How to use saloon keeper in a sentence
"I told you there wasn't any such thing there," the saloon-keeper heard him say triumphantly, when the geography arrived.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe Polish saloon-keeper loses his liquor license if he fails to line up his fellow-countrymen for the local machine.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth RossDuring the Crusade, a saloon-keeper (at Ocean Grove) consented to close his business.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkThere was a saloon-keeper brought from Greenfield to H—— to be tried under the Adair law.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkThe saloon-keeper drew one of the policemen aside, and spoke earnestly and excitedly to him.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
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