Definitions
a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
Word origin
From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.
Used in a sentence
“Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky / I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, / "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup / Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."”
“At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Old-time pub”6 letters
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