1
: an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises
2
: inn
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Examples of tavern in a Sentence
a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses
a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries
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This hotel's signature restaurant, The Courtroom, serves elegant tavern fare in a sunlit dining area with soaring ceilings, oversized windows, and marble accents.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Speaking with me about the October surprise from a leather booth at a Greenwich Village tavern more than three decades later, Unger, now 75, lit up.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Among the historical figures who frequented the tavern were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Joseph Webb, Thomas Melville, and Samuel Peck.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Even with its monstrous denizens, the tavern is impeccably decorated with intricate wooden reliefs and carvings depicting dragon heads, owlbears, and battle axes.
—Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Speaking with me about the October surprise from a leather booth at a Greenwich Village tavern more than three decades later, Unger, now 75, lit up.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Among the historical figures who frequented the tavern were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Joseph Webb, Thomas Melville, and Samuel Peck.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Even with its monstrous denizens, the tavern is impeccably decorated with intricate wooden reliefs and carvings depicting dragon heads, owlbears, and battle axes.
—Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Tavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tavern. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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