tapster
Americannoun
noun
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rare a barman
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(in W Africa) a man who taps palm trees to collect and sell palm wine
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Etymology
Origin of tapster
before 1000; Middle English; Old English tæppestre. See tap 2, -ster
Example Sentences
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Flesh & Blood Jaundice put master tapster Ray Bolger in hospital, closed Broadway's Three to Make Ready for the time being.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we return in safety, With wages for our pains; The tapster and the vintner Will help to share our gains.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
"I would have a care of my manners," answered the tapster: "I am too mean to join in the revels of such distinguished company."
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
"Ale or wine, gentlemen?" he asked, as if he were a tapster.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
A lower social stratum is represented by a haberdasher, a carpenter, a weaver, a dyer, and a tapster; all of consideration in their own grade, and likely to become aldermen some day.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
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