off-licence

Noun

Meaning

a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

off licence

Synonyms

liquor store package store offy bottle shop dramshop groggery grogshop bottlo packy packie pony keg bottle store party store off-license state store
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Hypernyms

store shop

Examples

It remains the case that to help pubs and brewers survive, and to stop up to 7.5 million pints from being wasted, the government needs to give pubs the same ability to sell off-licence alcohol as it did in the first lockdown.' Source: Internet

Liverpool Echo reporter Emilia Bona shared photos of a queue of people trying to get onto a crowded bus, while others appeared to be buying drinks in an off-licence. Source: Internet

Emergency services were called to reports of a blaze in a flat above a tanning shop and an off-licence on the High Street on Tuesday (April 10). Source: Internet

OPPOSED: Lincoln High School principal Kathy Paterson (below) said it is good news the Lincoln Bottle Store has backed down from its off-licence liquor application. Source: Internet

An Australian woman was arrested after riding a to an off-licence while four times over the legal alcohol limit. Source: Internet

"That was largely related to an off-licence which may not have been issued correctly about 10 years ago." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

off-kilter off-lease off-leash off-license off-limb off-limits