barmaid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barmaid
Example Sentences
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The victims have been identified as Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers - Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
Barmaid Bessie Vale has kept a photo of herself with Pele in her purse ever since.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2016
With typical, baffling-to-civilians services humour, the Royal Navy called the undersea heist Operation Barmaid.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012
He cagily continues: "One way and another, in the course of the remainder of that evening and after some other enquiries in the following days, I learned about … Operation Barmaid."
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012
He rode boldly to the door, but he rode a piebald mare not to be confused in the most suspicious mind with the no more conspicuous Barmaid.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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