Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bar or barroom.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A room in which liquor is kept on tap, or is sold for consumption on the spot.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Etymologies
- 1807 (spelled "tap-room"). tap + room (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The taproom was a frenzied melee of punching, kicking, and shouting bodies.”
“He had come upstairs an hour before, when it had become obvious that the taproom was the local gathering place for a large and somewhat rowdy clientele.”
“The Batemans Brewery tour is good and their taproom is a good place to hire.”
“And they might just be availing themselves of the taproom, as these other gentlemen plan to do, I suspect.”
“One minute we were drinking in the taproom and the next he was gone.”
“You know, like the ones you and my brothers bestow willy-nilly on every taproom maid, doxy, and opera dancer in your acquaintance.”
“Drew inquiring looks from the few ill-kempt patrons sharing the taproom.”
“GADSBY'S MOTHER'S DAY TOUR, free for mothers with their children, featuring the taproom, bed chambers, ballroom and dining room. 1-5 p.m.,”
The Washington Post: Alexandria and Arlington community events, May 6-13, 2010
“TAVERN MUSEUM FAMILY TOUR, featuring the taproom, bed chambers, ballroom and dining room, led by junior docents. 1-4 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 22, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N.”
The Washington Post: Alexandria and Arlington community calendar July 15-22, 2010
“TAVERN MUSEUM FAMILY TOUR, featuring the taproom, bed chambers, ballroom and dining room, led by junior docents. 1-4 p.m.,”
The Washington Post: Alexandria and Arlington community events, Aug. 19-26, 2010
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘taproom’.
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extra room
An add-on to Trivet's list elbow room and Lampbane's list 2BDRM W/VU that tries not to duplicate Trivet's and Lampbane's existing rooms. Virtual, allegorical and proverbial rooms accepted.
scullery, suite, porch, screened porch, breakfast room, atheneum, attic, hall, dressing room, passageway, corridor, fusuma and 126 more...
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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The Golem's Eye
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, The Golem's Eye.
ordure, widdershins, cop, stipple, ostler, struts, minaret, chemise, remonstrate, concussion, wicket, vamoose and 249 more...
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