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publands

publands noun: an area with many pubs.

Noun

publands pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only, rare) An area with many pubs.
    • warn the young — / keep from the publands in the port / or into sewerage you'll be flung.1976, Soundings, volume 3, page 72
    • Part love story, part thriller, and set in the publands of London's Earls Court,[…]1985, Roger Omond, The Apartheid Handbook

Origin of publands

From pub + lands.

Questions about publands

What does publands mean?
Publands means an area with many pubs.
What part of speech is publands?
Publands is a noun.

Words near publands in the dictionary

  1. publ
  2. Publ'g
  3. Publ'n
  4. publ.
  5. publand
  6. publands
  7. publess
  8. publessness
  9. public
  10. public access
  11. public access television

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