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Synonyms: Noun
bar, barroom, café (also cafe), cantina [Southwest], dramshop, gin mill, grogshop [chiefly British], public house [chiefly British], saloon, taproom, tavern, watering hole, watering place
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We ate at a lot of good pubs on our trip to England last summer. coworkers enjoying the convivial atmosphere of the Irish pubRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Its pub, Double Standard, will mesh British and American sensibilities. — Howie Kahn, WSJ, "The Standard’s New Food Guru on Overhauling the Hotel’s Cuisine," 13 Feb. 2019 Fans walk out of the formerly lively pub, which has become a sweaty room with not enough windows, and brace themselves for the hot sun. — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "What it's like living through England's devastating World Cup loss at a British pub," 11 July 2018 Born in Kyoto, Japan, Morimoto grew up in rural Western Massachusetts in a town with one store, one post office and a pub, all in the same building. — Hannah Steinkopf-frank, RedEye Chicago, "Sen Morimoto gets moody with his saxophone," 11 July 2018 And the kitchen underwent a transformation that earned them the Michelin pub of the year award in 2017. — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, "A Proper English Roast in a Half Hour," 28 Feb. 2019 In the meantime, reports on royal memorabilia being sold nearby, restaurants and pubs running royal baby themed competitions, bookmakers' odds, and any other relevant information are filed from cafes or broadcast from hotel rooms or the street. — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, "Royal Baby Watch: Windsor—and the World—Holds Its Breath," 4 May 2019 Damien Smyth, 52, has temporarily changed the name of his London pub from the Jameson to the Trump Arms to honor the visit. — Karla Adam, Washington Post, "Britain greets Trump with protests, Baby Trump balloon," 13 July 2018 The Globe is widely considered today to be one of the best soccer pubs in the nation. — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, "Owner of Chicago soccer bar Globe Pub charged with pocketing taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks," 22 June 2018 Echoing his sentiment was John Dampeer, a San Francisco bar veteran who opened and closed a pair of Noe Valley pubs — Caskhouse and Hamlet — within the last year. — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, "Divisadero has become SF’s most prolific new restaurant neighborhood," 8 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pub.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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