Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saloon-keeper; one who supports the saloons.
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Examples
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Many of the ladies were weeping, and at length, as if by inspiration, Mrs. Thompson kneeled on the floor of the saloon, all kneeling with her, even the saloonist, and prayed, pleading with indescribable pathos and earnestness for the conversion and salvation of this and all saloon-keepers.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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I say it, the state of Georgia says to the saloonist, 'Give me your money and I will give you liberty to debauch the last man and woman in the community.'
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If there is a sober brain to hire, the saloonist will get him to manage his cash box.
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When the witnesses had testified against him, his attorney brought forth, in turn, the father of each boy, who declared that he had personally given the saloonist permission to sell liquor to his son.
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall R. G. [Illustrator] Vosburgh 1895
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The superintendent was liked well enough by the saloonist, and consequently by the greater portion of the men.
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall R. G. [Illustrator] Vosburgh 1895
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One Changing Times regular, Larry Shewark, a retired New York State trooper, said: Ed called himself 'a professional saloonist.'
NYT > Home Page By COREY KILGANNON 2011
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If your neighbor objects to your mill dam or a green scum arising on the water, he need only wink his eye at the judge and jury and down you will come with dam and damages; but a liquor saloon can buy its way into the open thoroughfares, and your child must go to school, to market or the postoffice with contact with all its outside filth and dangers if it escapes the inside degradation and death; but that license money satisfies the public conscience and the saloonist becomes the pet and protegee of these town councils.
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