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off-licences

off-licences is the plural of off-licence.

Meaning of off-licence

Noun

off-licence (plural off-licences)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A shop selling alcohol for consumption only off the premises.
    • Rolliver's inn, the single alehouse at this end of the long and broken village, could only boast of an off-license; hence, as nobody could legally drink on the premises, the amount of overt accommodation for consumers was strictly limited to a little board about six inches wide and two yards long...1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 40

Questions about off-licences

What is off-licences the plural of?
Off-licences is the plural of off-licence.

Words near off-licences in the dictionary

  1. off-kilter
  2. off-label
  3. off-lease
  4. off-leash
  5. off-licence
  6. off-licences
  7. off-license
  8. off-licenses
  9. off-limits
  10. off-line
  11. off-list

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