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package store
noun
: a store that sells bottled or canned alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises
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The Pumpkin Spice Iced Latte is a twist on the fall classic that is available in grocery and package stores.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
An amendment raised the limit to one milligram per serving, allowing sales in package stores and cannabis dispensaries.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
Known as the land of steady habits, Connecticut has one of the strongest systems in the country for package stores.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
But Cronin, representing the package stores, said that the idea has legal problems.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1918, in the meaning defined above
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“Package store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/package%20store. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
package store
noun
: a store that sells alcoholic beverages only in containers that may not be opened in the store
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