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barstaff

noun

Etymology

From bar + staff.

  1. inherited from *stabaz✻
  2. inherited from *stab✻
  3. inherited from stæf — “letter of the alphabet”
  4. inherited from staf
  5. compounded as barstaff — “bar + staff”

Definitions

  1. The staff of a bar.

    • Beer is now so expensive that the kitty system has all but replaced the old habit of buying rounds, and barstaff are used to being asked for an empty glass.

  2. A member of staff of a bar.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA