pub

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   A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.CommonwealthIrelandUK

   • Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.

syn. alehouse · boozer · boozing ken · bousing ken · drinker · drinkery · gargle-factory · gin joint · groggery · local · nineteenth hole · pot-house

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   To go to one or more public houses.informalintransitive

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   A public server.slang

   • Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.

syn. alehouse · boozer · boozing ken · bousing ken · drinker · drinkery · gargle-factory · gin joint · groggery · local · nineteenth hole · pot-house

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   Clipping of publication.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

   • registered pubs

syn. alehouse · boozer · boozing ken · bousing ken · drinker · drinkery · gargle-factory · gin joint · groggery · local · nineteenth hole · pot-house

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   to publishinformaltransitive

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   Clipping of publisher.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

   • Pubs say it's out of print, but it was supposed to have been reissued.

syn. alehouse · boozer · boozing ken · bousing ken · drinker · drinkery · gargle-factory · gin joint · groggery · local · nineteenth hole · pot-house