† skinkardn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who serves alcohol, a tapster.
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tapsterc1000
drawer1379
wine-drawer1415
birlerc1440
shenkerc1440
trayer1473
tranter1500
skinker1575
lick-spigot1599
shot-shark1600
runner1601
skink1603
Hebe1606
Ganymede1608
squire of the gimlet1611
skinkard1615
bombard-man1616
bar-boy1631
faucet1631
tapstress1631
potman1652
barmaida1658
pot-boyc1662
tavern-drawer1709
tavern-boy1796
pot-girl1797
tap-boy1801
knight of the spigot1821
pewter-carrier1834
bartender1836
tap-waiter1836
barman1837
beer-boy1841
mixologist1856
bar-girl1857
mixer1858
gin slinger1871
swamper1907
tap-man1907
pot-woman1918
bar-staff1965
bar-person1976
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 11 To be a drudge..Vnto the base-borne Skinkird bred in Hell.
1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer ii. iii. sig. Ev Thou hast a noble wit, and spirit, wench, That neuer was ordaind for any skinkard T'ingender with, or mechanick Citizen.
1703 Athenian Oracle I. 312 If there's a drop, he gets good Wine, And if the Drawer brings if fine, Can mount him to the Stars, instead Of Jove's own Skinkard, Ganimed; If not, down Stairs he headlong kicks, And plunges ten Mile deep in Styx.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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