Chiefly in Ireland and Scotland: a shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without a licence (see quot. 1903); any low wayside public-house.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house (13) shebeenc1787 Chiefly in Ireland and Scotland: a shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without a licence (see quot. 1903); any low wayside public-house. joint1821 slang or colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A partnership or union, or a place of meeting or resort, esp. of persons engaged in some illicit occupation; spec.… kiddleywink1830 An ale-house, esp. in the West Country; a low or unlicensed public house (see also quot. 1859). blind tiger1857 = blind-pig n. shanty1862 Australian and New Zealand. A public-house, esp. unlicensed; a ‘sly-grog shop’. dive1871 colloquial (originally U.S.) An illegal drinking-den, or other disreputable place of resort, often situated in a cellar, basement, or other… blind-pig1887 a place where liquor is illicitly sold. speakeasy1889 A shop or bar where alcoholic liquor is sold illegally. Also attributive. shebeen1900 In a South African township (township, n. 5c): an illicit establishment where liquor is sold or consumed. In extended sense: a drinking-party… booze can1905 An unlicensed bar or other drinking establishment, esp. one set up in a private home. speak1930 = speakeasy, n. slang. speako1931 = speakeasy, n. nip joint1936 an establishment illegally selling (small quantities of) spirits. |
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