| 释义 |
saloonist U.S.|səˈluːnɪst|
[f. saloon + -ist.]
a. A saloon-keeper.
b. One who upholds the system of drinking saloons.
1870Territorial Enterprise (Virginia, Nevada) 3 Mar. 3/2 (heading) New saloonists. 1882Chicago Advance 3 Aug. 499 Just think of a saloonist coming into court expecting to justify..his ‘business’ by exhibiting his ‘license’ as a contract by the people to let him sell liquor. 188.Pop. Sci. Monthly XXX. 16 (Cent. Dict.) Any persistent effort to enforce the Sunday laws against the saloon is met by the saloonist with the counter⁓effort to enforce the laws against legitimate business. 1946Chicago Daily News 8 Nov. 18/2 Saloonists voted out of business in the Woodlawn local option election talk of going to court to upset the vote. |