tapster

• Marcus, on the other hand, was a sober man, as a tapster must need be to be successful, and he remembered him a little better. —  AHMM,March2006
• When the summer's work was over, he used to assist as a tapster at inns and alehouses in the neighbourhood of the village where he was born, and by the industry, care, and regularity which he observed in all things, gained a very great reputation as an honest and faithful servant with all that knew him. —  Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
• One Gilbert Potter, who worked as a tapster in an inn, openly stated that the Lady Mary should be queen. —  TheChildrenof
• And the man who knows somewhat of the eternal paradox of things can readily understand how this little tapster, proud and defiant, had a supreme contempt for the patrons who gulped down the stuff that he handed out over the bar. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• A tapster is a good trade 15 an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man a fresh tapster. —  The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]

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