English Explanatory Dictionary

package store

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A retail store that sells alcoholic beverages, specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises.

Word forms

package store package stores

Etymology

From the state laws of Connecticut and Georgia which declare that purchased liquor must be in a sealed container or removed from the premises in a bag or other package.

Synonyms

packie liquor store off-licence ABC store see more at liquor store

Related words

packaged goods brown bag off-sale off-trade
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