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taverning

taverning noun: a frequenting at taverns.

Noun

taverning (plural tavernings)

  1. (obsolete) A frequenting at taverns.
    • the misrule of our tavernings1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Forms of taverning

pluraltavernings

Origin of taverning

From tavern + -ing.

Questions about taverning

What does taverning mean?
Taverning means a frequenting at taverns.
What part of speech is taverning?
Taverning is a noun.
What is the plural of taverning?
The plural of taverning is tavernings.

Words near taverning in the dictionary

  1. tavernesque
  2. tavernful
  3. tavernfuls
  4. Tavernier
  5. Taverniers
  6. taverning
  7. tavernings
  8. Tavernise
  9. Tavernises
  10. tavernize
  11. tavernized

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