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- noun Plural form of
tavern .
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Examples
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It voted this year to allow people to bring their weapons into national parks, and pro-gun legislators have pushed for the right to carry in taverns, colleges and workplaces.
Arm the Senate 2009
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Observed in taverns and nightclubs near Fort Des Moines, the women appeared "dignified" and "respectable" and were seldom intoxicated, typically limiting their alcohol consumption to one or two drinks over the course of the night.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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It doesn't make dogs mandatory in taverns, the owner will make the final call based on what his customers want.
Sound Politics: This could be a bar fight if Democrats get their way 2007
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She and others helped gather signatures to bring the issue before voters, who will decide Tuesday whether to exempt about 60 taverns from the ban.
Smokers go back to ballot boxes in effort to light up again 2006
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1973: NOW achieves the end of sex discrimination in taverns
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1973: NOW achieves the end of sex discrimination in taverns
Maine law: children not to observe wine tastings | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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There was the chance she'd taken a room in a private house, but the taverns were the place to start.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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The taverns were the resorts of the social element of the surrounding community and here the people assembled on
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Bills of sales, of auctions, records of transfers were naturally posted therein; the taverns were the original business exchanges.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Eventually, their proliferation of the taverns was a contributing factor in the adoption of Prohibition in 1919.
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