dramshop

[ dram-shop ]

noun

1. bar; barroom; saloon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dramshop¹

First recorded in 1715–25; dram + shop

Example Sentences

Bar owners began to be held responsible for the negative consequences of serving too much alcohol, even requiring them to provide for the widows of patrons who died from alcohol purchased at their establishments—policies that still exist today through dramshop liability.

From Newsweek

At the same time, wishing to give exit to that storm, and to cool that flood which was seething in his person as water in a caldron, he grew mad, wallowed in riot throughout village inns, rode down his horses, fell upon people, and drank to kill in every dramshop of Radom, Prityk, and Yedlina.

From Project Gutenberg

Another time, but that was when he was barely seventeen years of age, he fought in the dramshop with soldiers on furlough.

From Project Gutenberg

If, from this time on, any Greek mentions the name of the heir to the throne in a dramshop, I will break a pitcher on his head, cram the pieces down his throat, and then drive him out of the regiment!

From Project Gutenberg

“Thou dost not know, then, that warriors, since the manœuvres, especially Greek warriors, drink thy health in every dramshop.”

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