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, sent a wreath of artificial laurel leaves.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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