package store

English

Etymology

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

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

packie (New England, slang)
liquor store
off-licence (UK)
offy (UK, slang)

Translations

liquor store — see liquor store