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free house

noun

, British.
  1. a tavern that, having no affiliation or contract with a particular brewery, serves several brands of beer, ale, etc.


free house

noun

  1. a public house not bound to sell only one brewer's products
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of free house1

First recorded in 1855–60

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