tapstressn.
/ˈtapstrᵻs/, /tapˈstrɛs/, U.S. /ˈtæpstrəs/ A female 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
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. i. 6 You are some tapstresse.
1667 Sir E. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 52 Hee has married a dirty tapstresse.
1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard III. iii. xiii. 85 The tapstress was full of curiosity.
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