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Noun: public house
Usage: Brit
  1. A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
    - tavern, tap house [archaic], watering hole [informal], pub [Brit, Cdn], saloon [Brit], pothouse [archaic], gin mill [N. Amer, informal], taphouse [archaic], groggery [US, archaic], inn [Brit], boozer [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: public houses

Type of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Public house

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