- package store
- noun Date: circa 1918 a store that sells bottled or canned alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
package store
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package store — ☆ package store n. a retail store where alcoholic beverages are sold by the bottle for drinking off the premises … English World dictionary
package store — noun a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere • Syn: ↑liquor store, ↑off licence • Hypernyms: ↑shop, ↑store * * * noun, pl ⋯ stores [count] US : a store that sells alcoholic beverages : a liquor store * * * ˈpackage store … Useful english dictionary
package store — American a place which sells intoxicants A survival from the days when buying liquor to drink at home was taboo: Their father had been an alcoholic who had worked occasionally and not well as an auto mechanic to provide money that he … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
package store — noun a retail liquor store, specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises. Syn: liquor store … Wiktionary
package store — pack′age store n. a store selling sealed bottles or cans of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises. [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
package store — liquor store (see drinking) … English dictionary for students
package store — noun (C) AmE old fashioned a store where alcohol is sold; off licence BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
store — n. shop, establishment where goods are sold (esp. AE; see the Usage Note for shop) 1) to manage, operate, run a store 2) a bookstore; candy; chain, multiple (BE); clothing; company; convenience; department; discount store; drugstore; five and… … Combinatory dictionary
store — 1. магазин you come along of me to the store пойдём со мной в магазин variety store галантерейный магазин; универсальный магазин package store магазин с продажей спиртных напитков навынос store goods товары, продаваемые или покупаемые в магазине… … English-Russian travelling dictionary
