Tavern
['tæv(ə)n] or ['tævɚn]
Definition
(noun.) a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks.
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Definition
(n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
Editor: Noreen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inn, hotel, CARAVANSARY, house, public house.
Checked by Edwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Public_house, hotel, inn
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Definition
n. a licensed house for the sale of liquors with accommodation for travellers: an inn.—ns. Tav′erner an innkeeper; Tav′erning.
Edited by Claudette
Examples
- Mr. Grubble was standing in his shirt-sleeves at the door of his very clean little tavern waiting for me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Early only found that he had been following us when he ran against Hancock at Todd's Tavern. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They met once a week at Goddard's in Wood Street, at the Bull's Head Tavern in Cheapside, and at Gresham Colleg e. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In a tavern a piece down here, said John; I wish, now, I _could_ see her once more in this world, he added. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Warren followed Wilson and reached the Wilderness Tavern by noon, took position there and intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At evening he crawled slowly back; and he used to go of nights to a little club at a tavern, where he disposed of the finances of the nation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- During the afternoon Sheridan sent Gregg's division of cavalry to Todd's Tavern in search of Wilson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At length we gave it up, and pulled under the shore towards the tavern we had lately left, where we were received with no little surprise. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- This favoured tavern, sacred to the evening orgies of Mr. Lowten and his companions, was what ordinary people would designate a public-house. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- While this scene was going on at the tavern, Sam and Andy, in a state of high felicitation, pursued their way home. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Last night I stopped at a little lone tavern, back on the road. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Weller regaled himself with moderation at the nearest tavern until it was nearly dusk, and then returned to the lane without the thoroughfare. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- However, the day wore on, and the evening saw Haley and Tom comfortably accommodated in Washington,--the one in a tavern, and the other in a jail. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It takes its rise about a mile south and a little east of the Wilderness Tavern. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Let me show you the nearest tavern to dine well at. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolics of any kind, and my industry in my business continued as indefatigable as it was necessary. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In addition he painted signs to hang before the village shops and taverns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is not fit that he should be living about at his own charge now, at lodgings and taverns. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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