tavernry
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tavernry (uncountable)
- (archaic) Carousing and drinking in taverns.
- 1792, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page 340:
- 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; […]
- 1873, The Athenaeum' (page 589)
- 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.