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free house

noun British.

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

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Origin of free house

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby free house

freehand, free-handed, free-hearted, freehold, freeholder, free house, freeing port, free jazz, freekeh, free kick, Free Kirk
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Example sentences from the Web for free house

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

    Homo Sum, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for free house

free house

noun

British a public house not bound to sell only one brewer's products
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