off-licence

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noun British

a shop, or a counter in a pub or hotel, where alcoholic drinks are sold for consumption elsewhereUS equivalents: package store, liquor store

a licence permitting such sales

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Words nearby off-licence

off-islander, off-key, off-kilter, off-label, offlap, off-licence, off-license, off-limits, offline, offload, off-message

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How to use off-licence in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Thus Ney returned to France in disgrace with his comrades, and hated by his enemies owing to the licence he allowed his soldiers.
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On July 19 a proclamation was issued forbidding the possession of firearms without licence.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
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In 1904 there was only one drinking-saloon, kept by a Bohemian-born American, who paid $6,000 a year for his monopoly licence.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman