pubby

This may have something to do with its long gestation, and its attendant change of focus, leaving it reading like a palimpsest of autobiographical novel, comedy of sexual misunderstanding, and the kind of pubby-clubby sociology familiar from Amis's 1980s satires (compare some of the narratorial musings on the politics of dress and undress with the infamous "tight bright white underwear" sequence from London Fields).

Top stories from Times Online 2010

The menu—more pubby than clubby—still includes the beloved microburgers.

Haute Hamburgers Monica Williams 2011

So we cut out and went for drinks at Soul Trane at left, a basement bar that used to play funk and house music, but they moved to a new place and turned into a pubby type place, which is fine with us.

Jangsan, Galbi, and Tasty Lemon Tarts gregarious monk 2009

My first impression was that it's a very cute place - rustic decor, lots of wood, feels very pubby in a good way.

Archive 2009-07-01 Kit Pollard 2009

My first impression was that it's a very cute place - rustic decor, lots of wood, feels very pubby in a good way.

Restaurant Review Reprise: Hamilton Tavern Kit Pollard 2009

So we cut out and went for drinks at Soul Trane at left, a basement bar that used to play funk and house music, but they moved to a new place and turned into a pubby type place, which is fine with us.

Archive 2009-05-01 gregarious monk 2009

Music and a huge selection of beers are - I think - decidedly un-pubby.

permission granted 2005

But I am well put off the social-pubby-youthy scene from my own youth.

sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003

This new, rather pubby restaurant features good, honest, British dishes.

Evening Standard - Home 2011

Now they inhabit a strange hinterland between pubby ubiquity and zhooshed-up gastro cliche.

Life and style | guardian.co.uk Oliver Thring 2010