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dry law

American  

noun

  1. a law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages.


dry law British  

noun

  1. a law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Courting the female vote, the state’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made the dry law a bedrock of his re-election campaign and signed the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act in 2016.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

Speakeasies flourished, for Nevada has no dry law.

From Time Magazine Archive

County Attorney James McClain, 31, launched his campaign for governor and repeal of the state's dry law with a parade of farm trucks and equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were unable to disregard the voters' growing disgust with the dry law.

From Time Magazine Archive

It’s a matter, as I said before, of hard, dry law, and damage.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

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