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pub

1

[puhb]

noun

  1. a bar or tavern.



pub.

2

abbreviation

  1. public.

  2. publication.

  3. published.

  4. publisher.

  5. publishing.

pub.

1

abbreviation

  1. public

  2. publication

  3. published

  4. publisher

  5. publishing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pub

2

/ ʌ /

noun

  1. 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

  2. a hotel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal(intr) to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pub1

First recorded in 1855–60; short for public house
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"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."

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Three teenagers have been charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed near a pub in Greater Manchester.

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Ms Hicklin said she asked a man what was going on because "there were police all over at the pub".

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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.

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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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