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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A store that sells bottles or cans of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises.
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- noun US a retail
liquor store , specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises.
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- noun a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere
Etymologies
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From the US state laws of Connecticut and Georgia that declare that purchased liquor must be in a sealed container and/or removed from the premises in a bag or other package.
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