pubsyadj.
/ˈpʌbzi/, U.S. /ˈpəbzi/ colloquial (originally British).
Characteristic or suggestive of a public house.
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1966 New Statesman 30 Sept. 489/1 The most attractive numbers are in that easy, pubsy English style which suggests Bud Flanagan, Tommy Steele and Julian Slade arm-in-arm, just strolling, lazily flexing their knees and getting nowhere.
1977 Listener 7 Apr. 447/3 Return briefly to the pubsy, Fitzrovian atmosphere of Lord Longford's..party.
1990 Los Angeles June 150/2 Not exactly pubsy, the bird's-eye maple paneling is about the warmest thing in this Flintstone-moderne, cement-and-marble room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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