barback

noun

bar·​back ˈbär-ˌbak 

variants or bar-back

ˈbär-ˌbak

plural barbacks or bar-backs

chiefly US

: a worker whose job is to assist a bartender (as by setting out glasses and restocking beverages)

Then he moved to New York, where he started out as a barback at House of Brews in Midtown Manhattan before moving behind the bar.

—Coley Ward, Arizona Daily Star, 21 Feb. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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