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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The estate ultimately consisted of sixteen structures, including an aviary, and fifty-five baroquely furnished rooms, among them a rathskeller.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
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
But in a rathskeller, the song Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier doesn't sound right either.
From Time Magazine Archive
Father Bunn shared Mr. McCooey’s dream of a rathskeller and a high-end tavern as unofficial extensions of the university, and he wanted Mr. McCooey to make it happen.
From Washington Post
Music and laughter and the sweet smell of German beer poured from the rathskeller in the building’s basement.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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