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Rathskeller, rathskeller|ˈrɑːtskɛlə(r)|
Also ratskeller.
[ad. G. ratskeller (formerly rathskeller), f. rat council as in Rathaus + -s gen. ending + keller cellar.
The form rathskeller was preferred to avoid the phonetic association with rat n.1 + cellar n.]
a. A cellar in a German town hall in which beer or wine is sold.
b. An underground beer-hall or restaurant. Also transf.
1900Ade More Fables 159 Mr. Byrd..happened to be in a Rathskeller not far away. 1903Current Lit. Apr. 495/2 The first rathskeller was established in New York in 1863 by Fred. Hollander. 1916Harper's Mag. Dec. 18 He likes the religious cool of the rathskeller... He takes his ease in his inn. 1929Papers Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. X. 318/1 Rathskeller, a dugout. 1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vi. 121 They used to work the Rathskellers or night-clubs of the lower grades. 1946E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh (1947) i. 27 It's the No Chance Saloon. It's Bedrock Bar, The End of the Line Café, The Bottom of the Sea Rathskeller! 1969Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 June 3/4 The ratskeller will be a ‘cellar, with barrels of wine and beer, where people will dine at leisure’. 1975Country Life 11 Dec. 1676/1 The Rathaus or town hall..stands in the cobbled market square with the usual Ratskeller for refreshments. |