[f. BAR sb.1 28.] A female who sells food and drink at the bar of a tavern or hotel. Hence Barmaidenly a. (nonce-wd.)
1772. Goldsm., Stoops to Conq., Epil.
| Her second act displays a livelier scene,— | |
| Th’ unblushing Bar-maid at a country inn. |
1837. Dickens, Pickw. (1847), 9/2. The bar-maid had positively refused to draw him any more liquor.
1881. Daily News, 8 June, 5/4. Bar-maidenly in their conception of polished badinage.
