gin palace
Britishnoun
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Favourites here include Eat17, Orford Saloon tapas and In Vino Veritas wine bar, in the village; And, close to God’s Own Junkyard neon art gallery, Ravenswood industrial estate has microbreweries and a gin palace.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2019
The interior of the Cauliflower Hotel in Ilford, Essex, is a fine example of a gin palace - a Victorian lavish bar built for selling gin.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2015
So a piano can hurt a guy bad, especially in a place like the deserted gin palace where “Ten Cents a Dance” takes place.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011
The "Old Pub" is turned into a gin palace, and named the Victoria, while Maiden Lane—an ancient way leading from Battle Bridge to Highgate Hill—is known now as York Road.
From The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor by Taylor, John
It seemed to unite the glare of a gin palace with the temperature of a Turkish bath.
From The Shadow of the Rope by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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