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pub
1[puhb]
noun
a bar or tavern.
pub.
2abbreviation
public.
publication.
published.
publisher.
publishing.
pub.
1abbreviation
public
publication
published
publisher
publishing
pub
2/ ʌ /
noun
Formal name: public house.a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals
a hotel
verb
informal(intr) to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing )
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pub1
Example Sentences
"Keeping them secret was almost a military operation which was made difficult as Liam used to bring people back to the studio from the pub to hear the recordings."
Three teenagers have been charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed near a pub in Greater Manchester.
Ms Hicklin said she asked a man what was going on because "there were police all over at the pub".
The sisters said their mum would sometimes take them out on a weekend, to a pub or McDonalds, but the conversation would often centre around their father and her upset that they left.
Some credit poor farmers using a clever substitute for meat while others think English pubs coined the name as a joke, mocking the Welsh for not affording real rabbit.
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