Noun: package store pa-kij stor
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: off-licence)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: off-licence)
- A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere
"They stopped at the package store to buy wine for dinner";
- liquor store [N. Amer], off-licence [Brit], bottle shop [Austral, NZ], grogshop [Austral, informal], offie [Brit, informal], offy [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: package stores
Encyclopedia: Package store