barkeeper AmE
barkeep AmE

In fact, I've been a barkeeper most of my life.

The barkeeper looked over at me as he wiped down a glass.

She waited until the barkeeper went away then dropped her voice.

The barkeeper looked up with an angry expression on his face.

Jake, the barkeeper, had done all the talking that he could.

The barkeeper walked down the length of the bar toward him.

I'll be on hand and see them land the barkeeper."

Aaron called the barkeeper over and asked for a beer.

The former barkeeper stopped and stepped away from the group; his brother did the same.

And where so many are saying their say, shall not the barkeeper testify?

He strode to the bar, and the barkeeper recognized him.

Poison in a drink meant help from the barkeeper, and few things were less likely.

Aye, even the barkeeper was giving me a recommendation as a man.

His barkeeper said the town was full of guerrillas.

This last as the barkeeper set a tall glass filled with dark liquid before him.

It was the barkeeper who received calls for special customers like Chet.

"Just a minute," the barkeeper interrupted from his perch above.

But after that I watched the chance when she wasn't around so as to collect from her barkeeper.

The barkeeper had just opened, and was sweeping out.

The barkeeper opened the door, closed it behind the three of them, then glanced around carefully before speaking.

The aging officer nodded grimly and turned to the barkeeper.

He finished his ale and put the glass down, waving at the barkeeper.

The proprietor held a short chat with the barkeeper; then walked back into his office.

The beers had arrived and the barkeeper was returning where he belonged.

The barkeep saw it coming and he made his choice.

The barkeep gave him a sharp look, but said nothing.

Then the first glanced up at the barkeep and said.

They pressed him, but the barkeep gave them nothing more.

I paused inside the door and looked back at the barkeep.

That settled the matter and the barkeep gave him what he wanted.

There was just a barkeep and five or six travelers, all men.

But each time the barkeep answered the call, his face turned slightly.

The barkeep considered this but made no move to fill a glass.

The barkeep left the pin game and went behind the bar.

"She just went by with one of them nuns," the barkeep said.

"One that the barkeep won from him the other night.

The barkeep wanted to know how drunk the patron was.

"But you must tell him what you've done," the barkeep concluded.

And in fact, the little barkeep had a point.

The barkeep bowed his head to the king and left the tower room.

"Pay no attention to the idiot," he told the barkeep.

Without missing a beat the barkeep went back to his wiping.

The barkeep opened his mouth to yell at me, then thought about it.

"Give him a scotch and water," she told the barkeep.

They stared at each other again for a time, then the barkeep shuffled away.

"So I can question the barkeep and see if he can tell us who our man was."

When the barkeep I knew got around to me he called me by name.

"The market is down this morning, sir," said the barkeep.

You leave me a note here, with the barkeep.