PUBS
Noun
Meaning
Acronym of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling. The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing.
Acronym of purple urine bag syndrome.
pubs.
(law) Abbreviation of publications.
Alternative names
pubs.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.
When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs.
I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.
A lot of country pubs will receive Michelin stars.
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.