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tavernry

tavernry noun: carousing and drinking in taverns.

Noun

tavernry (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Carousing and drinking in taverns.
    • For some were warded in the Pittie-vault, some set caution to remove from the town, after they had compted and reckoned for their tavernry with their mistresses; […]1792, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page 340
    • Mr. Banting is welcome to the assumption made by Mr. Andrew, that everybody who did not take the trouble to write in reply to Sir Charles Trevelyan's circular is to be taken as being an unqualified upholder of London Tavernry.1873, The Athenaeum, page 589

Origin of tavernry

From tavern + -ry.

Questions about tavernry

What does tavernry mean?
Tavernry means carousing and drinking in taverns.
What part of speech is tavernry?
Tavernry is a noun.

Words near tavernry in the dictionary

  1. tavernlike
  2. tavernly
  3. tavernman
  4. tavernmen
  5. tavernous
  6. tavernry
  7. taverns
  8. tavernward
  9. tavernwards
  10. tavernwave
  11. Taveta

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