saloon keeper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saloon keeper
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The namesake of the Hines Mansion Bed & Breakfast worked in mining and real estate and as a pharmacist and saloon keeper.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2019
Regent J.S Mansfield had persuaded two gamblers and a saloon keeper to present the land to the UA.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2016
The call for law and order led to the appointment of a self-promoting saloon keeper named Bean, who, for most of the next two decades, delivered his own brand of frontier jurisprudence.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2014
He was weazened, four-foot Hughie McLoon, 27, saloon keeper, prizefight manager, onetime mascot of the Philadelphia Athletics.
From Time Magazine Archive
McGarrity, the saloon keeper, couldn’t get Johnny out of his mind.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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