bartend
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of bartend
Back formation from bartender
Example Sentences
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“I bartend tonight from 6:30 p.m. until 11,” Venus Binkley says, with an exaggerated eye roll, as he settles in for an interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
“They waitress, they bartend, they work catering, they drive Uber, they babysit, they dog walk, they housesit. They have all these secondary jobs in order to be able to survive,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023
Recently one of my co-workers quit his day job, and moved onto the property, to bartend full time.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2022
Gemma Stone used to bartend full-time at Lips in Fort Lauderdale, earning nearly $1,500 a week.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018
Here's the bartend, Wil-lin-mix-ah, The head waitress, Goo-too-loo-kat, The great golfer, Hoo-beets-boh-ghee, And the caddy, Skip-an-fetch-it, Waiting all to do you honour.
From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry
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