free house

noun

, British.

a tavern that, having no affiliation or contract with a particular brewery, serves several brands of beer, ale, etc.

free house

First recorded in 1855–60

An added bonus, quips the former Marine: “I have the most mine-free house in the entire state of Virginia.”

For this work the wages are about thirty-five pounds sterling a year with double rations, a free house, use of cow, &c.

The projecting sign proclaims it to be that now rare thing among inns, a Free House.

Their support has been made quite ample, having an average salary of a hundred pounds, with a free house.

A brewery will pay almost any sum to secure a free house in such a position.

The poor child was so unhappy at being a slave and no doubt had first seen the light in a free-house.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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