rathskeller
Americannoun
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(in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
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a restaurant patterned on the German rathskeller, usually located below street level.
Etymology
Origin of rathskeller
1860–65; < German, equivalent to Rath (extracted from Rathaus town hall) + -s 's 1 + Keller cellar
Example Sentences
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Music and laughter and the sweet smell of German beer poured from the rathskeller in the building’s basement.
From Literature
The estate ultimately consisted of sixteen structures, including an aviary, and fifty-five baroquely furnished rooms, among them a rathskeller.
From The New Yorker
As a freshman at Georgetown University in 1948, Richard McCooey walked the nearby streets and dreamed that someday he would run a student rathskeller and restaurant within easy reach of the campus.
From Washington Post
The man who presently was brought out of the barred ante-room and taken before the prosecutor might have been anything from a floor-walker of a big department store to a manager of a renowned rathskeller.
From Project Gutenberg
Mr. Scanlon was willing, and so they made their way from the rathskeller into the sunlight.
From Project Gutenberg
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