public house
See also: public-house
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public house (plural public houses)
- (UK, formal) A pub; a British bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.
- 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
- Those of us who care for the nation's defence have been astonished to hear that confidential documents have been left in a public house.
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- See also Thesaurus:pub
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pub — see pub