| 单词 | free house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree house free house n. British a public house or inn which is not owned or controlled by a particular brewery and which is therefore not restricted as to the range of beers it may sell. ΚΠ 1795 T. Peake Cases Nisi Prius 131 The Plaintiff..said he need not trouble himself as the lease contained nothing but the usual and ordinary covenants, and the house was a free house. 1815 Times 8 Dec. 4/1 No respectable publican will take a house under a brewer while there is a free house to be had. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xxx. 236 The ‘King's Head’..had..one thing in its favour—it was a free house. 1959 ‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder ii. 18 The notification ‘Free House’ beside the inn-sign. 2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 17 Mar. 22 The Hillgrove..is a genuine free house with the luxury of stocking whichever beers it wants. < as lemmas |
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