| 单词 | ladies' bar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasladies' bar ladies' bar n. now chiefly historical a room reserved for women in a public house, or other establishment serving refreshments. ΚΠ 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xi. 127 The bar was cut up into little compartments;..and there was..the private bar, the ladies' bar, the wine and liqueur entrance, [etc.]. 1897 Minutes Evid. Royal Comm. Liquor Licensing Laws III. 171/2 in Parl. Papers 1898 (C. 8694) XXXVI. 9 Several of the very large public-houses now in the Buckingham Palace Road, and in Notting Hill..have opened ladies' bars especially for women. 1979 G. Butler & C. Mann New Bk. S. Afr. Verse in Eng. 254 He disappears into the ladies' bars and is never seen again. 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 212 The Sandown..had once been split into a nest of little rooms reflecting the minute gradations of caste, saloon, public bar, smoking room, ladies' bar, four ale bar. < as lemmas |
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