Definition of "tapster" [tap•ster]

• One who draws and serves liquor for customers; a bartender. (noun)

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• "A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man a fresh tapster."
• "A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man, a fresh tapster."
• "A tapster is a good trade, and an old cloak makes a new jerkin;"