| 单词 | bottle club |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle club bottle club n. chiefly U.S. a drinking club where patrons or members bring their own alcoholic drink and are charged for admission, service, etc. (often as a means of evading licensing laws). ΚΠ 1935 Arizona Independent Republic 2 June ii. 1/7 The ‘bottle club’ [in London] always happens..to be situated right next door to a liquor and wine store whose proprietor..is..broadminded about staying up all hours of the morning. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xi. 93 Unlike..jurisdictions where the cheaters are unlicensed ‘bottle clubs’, these..all-night spots..hold permits to sell legally during regular business hours. 1988 J. D. Pistone & R. Woodley Donnie Brasco 214 So that King's Court didn't have to deal with the liquor authority, it was a private ‘bottle club’ that you could join for a membership fee of $25. 2001 Fodor's Healthy Escapes (rev. ed.) 205 Possibly the state's last members-only ‘bottle club’, a throwback to post-Prohibition-era blue laws. < as lemmas |
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