单词 | superpub |
释义 | superpubn. Originally and chiefly British. A very large public house; (now) spec. one (usually part of a chain) situated in a town or city centre and frequently having a dance floor or stage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house houseOE tavern1297 tavern-housea1400 sunc1400 tap-house1500 tippling-housea1549 innsc1550 bousing-inn1575 ivy-bush1576 osteria1580 ordinary1590 caback1591 taberna1593 bousing-house1594 pothouse1598 red lattice1604 cupping-house1615 public house1617 busha1625 Wirtshaus1650 bibbery1653 cabaret1656 gaming ordinary1667 public1685 shop1695 bibbing-housea1704 dram-shop1725 gill house1728 rum shop1738 buvette1753 dram-house1753 grog-shop1790 wine-vault1791 pub1800 pulperia1818 pulqueria1822 potation-shop1823 rum hole1825 Wirtschaft1834 drunkery1836 pot shop1837 drinkery1840 rum mill1844 khazi1846 beer-shop1848 boozer1895 rub-a-dub1898 Weinstube1899 rubbity-dub1905 peg house1922 rub-a-dub-dub1932 rubbity1941 Stube1946 superpub1964 1964 Financial Times 17 Mar. 21/4 (advt.) Plans passed..bowling alley, super pub. 1976 A. 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. 1989 Sunday 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. 1995 Independent on Sunday 27 Aug. 5/1 The superpub is a giant, cavernous single bar in a striking converted building. 2001 R. 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1964 |
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