drinking establishment

collocation in English

meaningsofdrinkingandestablishment

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drinking
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/
the activity of ...
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establishment
noun
uk
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/us
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
a business or other organization, or the place where an ...
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(Definition ofdrinkingandestablishmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The next day, the man was causing an uproar at a cheap, dingydrinkingestablishment.
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It soon became the most popular illicitdrinkingestablishmentin town.
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The cellar also contained adrinkingestablishmentwhich served both wine and foreign beer.
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Its lastdrinkingestablishmentmoved out in the 1960s.
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Open since 1929, it is adrinkingestablishmentthat is considered the oldest in the neighborhood.
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The partners bought land by the railway in 1924, gained a license to build a pub, and then sold off building plots around their newdrinkingestablishment.
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Given this memorable explosion of drinking establishments, 1830 seemed an obvious (and conveniently round) date for the beginning of the most recent phase in working-class history.
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There is also evidence that happy hours and special promotions are being co-ordinated so that excess capacity in drinking establishments can be filled.
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My constituents are eager to have more input in licensing issues, especially in areas that already contain many clubs and other drinking establishments.
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We shall also be looking for safeguards for local residents, particularly in areas where there is already a high concentration of late-night drinking establishments.
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In particular, there is great concern in areas where a number of late-night drinking establishments already exist.
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The police told me in no uncertain terms that a concentration of vertical drinking establishments rather than a mix of places causes problems.
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If all drinking establishments were naturally family places, would not some of the more rowdy elements naturally be excluded?
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Traditional pubs catering for a wide range of customers have been replaced by multiple vertical drinking establishments geared to a youth market.
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Good progress has been made by the police in recent years in substantially reducing the number of illegal drinking establishments and police action continues against those believed to remain.
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For example, a different business might open next door or there might be a proliferation of vertical drinking establishments, which could alter the need for an undertaking.
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It is these proprietary clubs, these drinking establishments, these centres in which vice flourishes, which certainly ought to be brought within the reach of the long arm of the law.
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It is a popular alcoholic beverage in some drinking establishments.
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A majority of the voters within the revised city limits wanted to prohibit alcoholic drinking establishments within the borders of the city.
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