tavern
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
a public house for travelers and others; inn.
Origin of tavern
1synonym study For tavern
Other words for tavern
Other words from tavern
- tav·ern·less, adjective
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How to use tavern in a sentence
The cafés, taverns, laundries, shoe-repair shops and liquor stores are all closed.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo word on whether the taverns offered a Supreme Court special during the term.
11 Wacky Supreme Court Facts: Frozen-Yogurt Justice, Scalia and Ginsburg Friendship, & More | Sarah Hedgecock | June 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThough he never was taught anything he learnt a great deal in the pothouses and the taverns.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceBrussels was full of taverns, and there were parts of the town where every house was occupied by women of easy virtue.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondMany bakers, barbers and keepers of taverns, baths and drug stores were also traders in women.
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls | Various
The message was delivered to Slocum, who was still at the Two Taverns, where he had been through the day.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.It was not our way in Virginia to allow persons of any breeding to put up at public taverns.
The Way of a Man | Emerson Hough
British Dictionary definitions for tavern
/ (ˈtævən) /
a less common word for pub
US, Eastern Canadian and NZ a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink
Origin of tavern
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