free house

noun

British.

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

free house

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of free house¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

There are free houses, which are not owned by a brewery or landlord stipulating where landlords buy their beer from.

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After all, she also got some lovely free house renovations out of the whole deal.

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"I'm a free house and therefore can choose what I want to sell."

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He lives above the free house with his wife and four kids and is happy.

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One resident tried to take advantage of the crisis and scheme a way into a free house by buying up vacant land and trying to claim that a home had moved onto it.

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