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tapster

[ tap-ster ]

noun

  1. a bartender.


tapster

/ ˈ³Ùʱè²õ³Ùə /

noun

  1. rare.
    a barman
  2. (in W Africa) a man who taps palm trees to collect and sell palm wine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹±è²õ³Ù°ù±ð²õ²õ, noun:feminine
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·³Ù²¹±ès³Ù±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tapster1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ³Ùʱè±è±ð²õ³Ù°ù±ð. See tap 2, -ster
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tapster1

Old English ³Ùʱè±è±ð²õ³Ù°ù±ð, feminine of ³Ùʱè±è±ð°ù±ð, from tappian to tap ²
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It also includes inane subplots, fake friars, punster tapsters and a tiresome denouement.

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The tapster's "promise" is something we're all familiar with: that slight inclination of the chin, subtle nod or lift of the eyebrow that says: "You're next".

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So also are the adventures of “that loose fish the Pardoner” with the tapster Kit at the Chequer Inn.

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On his way he gives most of his money to bury a dishonest tapster, who has been executed and left frozen in a block of ice outside a church for passers-by to spit upon.

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Of an earlier date is the tapster of the initial block, from Ludlow, who furnishes a comfortable idea of a congenial, and to judge from his pouch, a profitable occupation.

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