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superpub, n. orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈs(j)uːpəpʌb|, U.S. |ˈsupərˌpəb|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ super- prefix + pub n.1]
A very large public house; (now) spec. one (usually part of a chain) situated in a town or city centre and freq. having a dance floor or stage.
1976A. Jenkins Thirties v. 46 To their [sc. the suburbs'] spiritual rescue came the Supercinema and the Superpub... In Edgware, Middlesex, a huge Tudor Railway Hotel had suddenly appeared in 1931. 1989Sunday Tel. 26 Mar. 35/2 Ownership and control of pub outlets will have been concentrated in the hands of three or four giant chains: the ‘superpub’ equivalents of Tesco and Sainsbury. 1997Face June 131/2 But what of these ‘Superpubs’? That are more public space than public house, lure the masses into their nicely-furnished expanses with crazy DJs on the decks and crazy alcopops in the fridges? 2001R. Kenna Glasgow Pub Compan. (ed. 2) 21 Listed buildings given a new lease of life in the 1990s as ‘superpubs’ included Langside Free Church; the Bank of Scotland, St Vincent Place;..and Lanarkshire House, Ingram Street. |