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tavern

[tav-ern] / ˈtæv ərn /


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Holding a glass jug, Jorge Velazco Rocha crouches before a contraption of wooden barrels stacked in cascading fashion at his roadside tavern along the scrubby flanks of the Volcán de Colima.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

She said of tertulias, the literary debates that took over an evening in a home or tavern, “they certainly ate, but above all, they drank and debated passionately.”

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

In Britain’s American colonies, Frederick’s exploits were reported with enthusiasm in newspapers, and his image was reproduced on tavern signs and teapots.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

By November 9, 1864, Booth had visited the Bryantown tavern in southern Maryland.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

The dish, which brings an opulent touch to an otherwise everyman food, is one of several hot dog towers now being served in private suites at stadiums and at high-end taverns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Not a place of legend, but a supply line for the other taverns.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

Disguised as a traveler, she would slip into taverns and coach houses to eavesdrop on conversations and chat with the locals, then bring the peasant talk back to camp.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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