rummeryn.
/ˈrʌm(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈrəməri/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A shop or public house where alcohol is sold; (also) a rum distillery.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor
wine-shopc950
wine-storec950
vintry1297
pulqueria1822
bottle store1829
rummery1835
bottle shop1839
beer-shop1848
drink-shop1883
off-licence1891
beer-off1939
outdoor department1958
offie1977
1835 7th Ann. Rep. Young Men's Temperance Soc. New Haven 17 The very complexion of many of the customers of these rummeries..tell but too plainly that strong drink has here produced its unvarying results.
1846 Quincy (Illinois) Whig 29 Jan. 2/3 The friend..saw a person who had just drank, put three cents down as pay. He, turning to the young man, asked him if it could be a three cent rummery.
1862 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 30 Aug. 366/1 At the close of the performance [they] invited Capt. Baggs to take a drink in a neighboring rummery.
1898 Advance (Chicago) 12 Nov. His re-election does not prove that the people of the state are going to sell out to the rummeries.
1917 ‘A-No. 1’ From Coast to Coast with Jack London x. 79 A professional bouncer in the employ of the rummery noted the snoozing patron.
1939 E. S. Whitman Those Wild West Indies 63 From shipside to the rummery of a blistering Cuban afternoon is no mean undertaking... But you have an invitation to inspect the local rum works at 3.
1967 J. M. East 'Neath Mask iii. 64 The whole room seemed redolent of the fumes of pineapple rum. Here, too, and within easy reach of the rummery, was a coffee-room.
2006 W. Soyinka You must set forth at Dawn v. 300 He was already halfway to his next engagement—no doubt in a rummery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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