noun
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a less common word for pub
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a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink
Related Words
See hotel.
Other Word Forms
- tavernless adjective
Etymology
Origin of tavern
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna “hut, inn, wine shop”
Example Sentences
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On a recent winter night, frost sparkled in the air like cold confetti and a warm glow spilled from the small windows of a tavern in the one-stoplight village of Sergeantsville, N.J.
Imagine if the Founding Fathers were dropped into a Pittsburgh tavern on a fall Sunday afternoon with a Steelers game on.
I push through the door and find myself in a darkened tavern.
From Literature
Our bags were sent up to a room above a tidy tavern, and right away Aunt Kitty and I stepped out for a promenade around town.
From Literature
The police added that the tavern was licensed.
From BBC
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