| 单词 | bottle shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle shop bottle shop n. now chiefly Australian, New Zealand, and South African a shop licensed to sell alcoholic drink (originally by the bottle, as opposed to smaller quantities) for consumption off the premises; an off-licence. ΘΚΠ 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 1839 Era 4 Aug. 6/4 Would anybody..purchase a bottle across the counter merely trusting to the label, without tasting a sample of it? Under such pretext would not a bottle-shop become an effectual dram-shop? 1929 Times 30 Jan. 9/7 These were what were known as ‘bottle shops’, and could not sell less than a bottle of spirits and a half-bottle of wine at any one time. 1985 R. G. Barrett You wouldn't be Dead for Quids (1986) 54 He found a bottle shop a short stroll from the hotel. 2009 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 5 Mar. 3 Our pubs and clubs, by and large, are responsible hosts, just as the specialised bottle shops are responsible retailers. < as lemmas |
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