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beerhouse

American

[beer-hous] / ˈbɪərˌhaʊs /

noun

British.

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

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

beerhouses

plural

Etymology

Origin of beerhouse

First recorded in 1485–95; beer + house

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