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Preferred Term

pubs

Details

Public refreshment facilities with more emphasis on drinking, normally alcoholic beverages, than on eating or entertainment, which if provided usually occurs in separate, often back rooms, and offering no accommodations; use "saloons" for similar places but with staged entertainment provided in the main room; use "taverns" for establishments offering public accommodations as well as general refreshments, but no entertainment other than social gatherings.

Variations

houses, public

Hotels, taverns, etc.

public houses

alehouses

pub

ale-houses

freehouses

public houses

Broader Term

bars

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