barmaid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barmaid
Example Sentences
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Baroness Gray, the daughter of Irish immigrants in 1950s Tottenham, grew up with a salesman father and a barmaid mother.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Amy Adams has played a princess and a nun, Lynne Cheney and Lois Lane, a barmaid, a blogger and a con artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
So Robert, at least, is in no mood for a visit to the local pub, where everyone from the forbidding pastor to the too-friendly barmaid is looking at him askance.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The film handles Maverick’s personal stuff - wooing the barmaid, repairing his relationship with Goose’s kid - while also fulfilling its promise as an action movie.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2022
In the smoky room filled with customers who wear the cloth caps of working men, a barmaid whispers a name.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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