saloon keeper

collocation in English

meaningsofsaloonandkeeper

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saloon
noun[C]
uk
/səˈluːn/us
/səˈluːn/
a public bar, especially in the past in the ...
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keeper
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiː.pər/us
/ˈkiː.pɚ/
a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a ...
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(Definition ofsaloonandkeeperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsaloon keeper

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It was a business necessity for asaloonkeeperto stimulate the sale of all the kinds of liquor he dealt in.
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His father worked as asaloonkeeper.
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He made his fortune as asaloonkeeper.
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The mayor himself was a formersaloonkeeper.
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Thesaloonkeepertells the fiddler that it is too melancholy and asks him to play a different tune.
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Crawford was a formersaloonkeeperand was a power behind the scenes in the city's government.
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Then he became asaloonkeeper, and later engaged in the real estate business.
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After his honorable discharge he became a cowboy, a coal miner, then later asaloonkeeper.
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He was employed in 1900 as the manager of a bowling establishment, in 1910 as asaloonkeeperand bowling alley employee and in 1920 as a billiard hall manager.
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He gets into a fight with the localsaloonkeeper, prompting the man to get the boy drunk and bribe a priest into marrying the boy to the unfortunate girl.
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The saloon keepers were under constant pressure to increase the sale of liquors.
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The saloons were generally centres of political activity, and a large number of saloon keepers were local political leaders.
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The saloon keepers sought remuneration for liquor they claimed was confiscated during the period of martial law.
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