noun
definition
A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and usually offering accommodation; an inn.
Examples of tavern in a Sentence
About two hundred yards away there's a tavern where ours have already gathered.
The vestals were vowed to, chastity, lived together in a great nunnery, were forbidden to open or enter a tavern, and together with other votaries had many privileges.
It was instituted in 1755 at the White Bear Inn (now St Bride's Tavern), Fleet Street, moved about 1850 to Discussion Hall, Shoe Lane, and in 1871 finally migrated to the Barley Mow Inn, Salisbury Square, E.C., its present quarters.
He strode to the edge of the tavern.
The Elmendorf Tavern (1723) was the meeting-place of the New York Council of Safety in October 1 777.
The tavern remained the same, having changed nothing but the bush.
The delights of love are made to stand for the raptures of union with the divine, the tavern symbolizes an oratory, and intoxication is the bewilderment of sense before the surpassing vision.
Percy received the fugitives within a hollow square, checked the onslaught for a time with two field-pieces, used the Munroe Tavern for a hospital, and later in the day carried his command with little further injury back to Boston.
The meetings were afterwards held at the Fountain tavern in the Strand, and latterly in a room specially built for the purpose at Barn Elms, the residence of the secretary, Jacob Tonson, the publisher.
There is a microbrewery attached to the tavern, where beer is made on site.
Over the years, the tavern has grown into a chain of restaurants across the state offering clam-based dishes and beer.
That was two for one night at McGinchy's tavern.
A good cleaning, a coat of paint and a few working light bulbs might make the place a pleasant neighborhood tavern.
Which famous playwright was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl?
The real draw is the seaside tavern experience, which is a great way to get the local flavor of the area and its inhabitants.
Tavern also boasts an impressive wine list, with many selections offered by the glass.
As its name implies, this is a tavern and is popular during televised sporting events when hockey and football games are displayed on the bar's six televisions.
Take-out is available, though you may want to stay to enjoy the tavern's live music.
The tavern's atmosphere is rustic, with working fireplaces and a cocktail bar.
Almost two hundred years old, this tavern establishment provides friendly service and proximity to a number of fantastic wineries.
If Eden succeeded, Xander died, a fact he didn't learn for many years after she left him writhing in agony on the roof of a tavern.
We assume that the rite employed was serious and Anglican may reverent, and there is no longer any need to refute the fable of a ludicrous consecration at the "Nag's Head " tavern.
What makes this fact still more certain is the circumstance that a haberdasher in Cheapside living "'twixt Wood Street and Milk Street," two streets on the north side opposite Bread and Friday Streets, described himself as " over against the Mermaid tavern in Cheapside."
Sometimes, indeed, they transferred their hostilities from the servant to the master, complained that a better table was not kept for them, and railed or maundered till their benefactor was glad to make his escape to Streatham or to the Mitre Tavern.
It is true, however, that he was stabbed, like Marlowe, in a midnight brawl at a tavern.
A popular tavern was pulled down at the location of the northern abutment.
Dollars brings bettors jarecki's film which otherwise have remained undone a tavern owner.
They would go away chastened, stirred, amused; they would not be in the riotous mood associated with the tavern.
And when we drink again it shall be from the great flagons in the tavern at the end of the world.
Meetings of the Bill of Rights Society took place fortnightly at the London Tavern.
You play, Jacob, like a bonnet laird, or a sailor in a tavern.
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In passing through the little village of Dobcross I observed a quaint tavern sign, illustrative of the ruling passion.
As a junior at Surrey, I would stand in the Surrey Tavern and listen to the senior pros talking about the game.
The Eastgate was used for a time as a tavern called the salutation.
Magnificent walled Italian gardens, pool, Cook and banquet ' tavern ' in grounds.
A few unfamiliar faces had entered the tavern, that wasn't entirely unusual but a lone unfamiliar face ordered an unfamiliar drink.
Even in the most obscure communities Americans visited a tavern regularly if not daily.
The Smugglers Inn was a famous tavern back in the reign of Queen Anne and it was the headquarters of the Earl of Strathmore.
A pint of ale in a dark corner of an old tavern or two will chase away your fears.
He would sooner buy an opponent a drink in a local tavern than take their head.
The old coffee tavern next to the Post Office building came down along with the main station building including its Victorian arches.
When we arrived at the village tavern, it seemed deserted.
In 1713 the vicinity was opened up to settlement, a tavern and a mill were constructed, and a turnpike road was built to Boston.
The publican, taking advantage of the increased crowd, dropped behind and returned to his tavern.
The Eastgate was used for a time as a tavern called the Salutation.
A few unfamiliar faces had entered the tavern, that was n't entirely unusual but a lone unfamiliar face ordered an unfamiliar drink.
On 10 February 1616 William 's younger daughter Judith, aged 31, married Thomas Quiney, a tavern keeper.
Only tavern owners were happy about the high spending on alcohol.