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beverage room
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a room in which a hotel is licensed to sell beer; beverage room.
See: beer parlo(u)r
Quotations
1936
"Bar" is a nasty, a horrible word.
"Taprooms" and "taverns" and "pubs" are absurd;
Give us a name with a resonant boom,
A respectable name like "Beverage Room". . . .
"Bar" is a nasty, a horrible word.
"Taprooms" and "taverns" and "pubs" are absurd;
Give us a name with a resonant boom,
A respectable name like "Beverage Room". . . .
1964
They were rather fussy about their clientele, which is more than you could say for some beverage rooms and cocktail bars.