tavern-keepers

The situation was good, and tavern-keepers succeeded each other there, from father to son.

Les Miserables 2008

It is said that they were regarded as cheats; for which reason very few tavern-keepers were Christians.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

The Hassidism of the earlier period was supported chiefly by the Jewish innkeepers and tavern-keepers in the villages.

How Hasidim Became the Enemies of Progress | Jewschool 2006

The simple farmers, tavern-keepers and innkeepers concerned themselves little with the Cabbalistic dissertations of the Hassidic theoreticians.

How Hasidim Became the Enemies of Progress | Jewschool 2006

Wherever we went, the tavern-keepers made us more welcome than royal princes.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

The local clergy, the clerks from the factories with their wives, the tradesmen and tavern-keepers from the other villages were present.

The Witch, and other stories 2004

Little boys bestrode fat billy goats, a tiny girl was attached to a large dog, contented inebriates sat themselves backwards upon donkeys, abused and emaciated horses hung their heads as overweight tavern-keepers scrambled up their flanks, and Velisarios seated himself astride the placid bull that he had borrowed.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

For an hour Benito, Manoel, and Fragoso walked along the principal streets of the town, inquiring of the tradesmen in their shops, the tavern-keepers in their cabarets, and even the bystanders, without any one being able to recognize the individual whose description they so accurately gave.

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

I had rather have seen one of your regular orators giving you wise advice; but, as that is not to be, it behoves me to break silence; I cannot, for my part indeed, allow the tavern-keepers to fill up their wine-pits with water.

The Ecclesiazusae 2000

It was rumored that some tavern-keepers even trafficked with the crimpers, but Althea had always doubted that.

Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998