beerhouse

[ beer-hous ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, British.

, plural beer·hous·es [beer, -hou-ziz].

an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.

First recorded in 1485–95; beer + house

He invites him to a beerhouse to learn his drinking habits and reports favorably upon them.

Durand immediately forgot himself in a beerhouse, and it was a difficult matter to get him away from it to hold the rehearsal.

At the moment we were immediately between an unpleasantly crowded tram and a fourth-rate beerhouse.

The hooligans were making merry in a dirty, ill-smelling beerhouse.

Next day he met Titoff's Russian friend in the German beerhouse, according to plan; and so to the hiding-place.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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