package store
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the state laws of Connecticut and Georgia which declare that purchased liquor must be in a sealed container or removed from the premises in a bag or other package.
Noun
[edit]package store (plural package stores)
- (US) A retail liquor store, specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises.
- 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, pages 153–154:
- It’s not like there was any shortage of booze in Eloe. There were package stores and churches every hundred feet.
Synonyms
[edit]- packie (US, slang)
- liquor store
- off-licence (UK)
- offy (UK, slang)
Translations
[edit]liquor store — see liquor store