package store

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 had transferred regularly and immediately to the nearest package store. (Clancy, 1991)
   And see groceries sundries.

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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

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  • 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 — noun Date: circa 1918 a store that sells bottled or canned alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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

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