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public-house en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of public house.
On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:[...] a vendor of shrimps and shell fish well known in various sporting and other public-houses [...]
1906, Miles, Henry Downes, Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists; full reports of their battles from contemporary newspapers, with authentic portraits, personal anecdotes, and sketches of the principal patrons of the prize ring, forming a complete history of the ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the last championship battle between King and Heenan, in December 1863, page 97:
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