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liquor store

British  

noun

  1. See package store

"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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Wang Tsann-lung, the owner of an upscale liquor store in Zhubei, Taiwan, had filled many orders from TSMC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

After a liquor store moved out of its Whitemarsh Shopping Center in the Philadelphia suburbs, Brixmor subdivided the 10,200-square-foot space into four smaller shops.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Officials say the little Kung Fu trash panda was living his best life when he was detained in the liquor store and kept his spirits up even after being placed in the county kennel.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

Carson and the liquor store owners, Athwal and his brother Daljit, were acquitted in June 2019, and charges against the other co-defendants were tossed out by the court or prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2025

I ran into the avenue where in the light of a flaming liquor store I saw three old women scurrying toward me with raised skirts loaded with canned goods.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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