gin-palaces

Rich people wave at us, or at least smile if smiled at, from under the canopies of their rain-dappled gin-palaces, their causeways perfectly guarded by muscled men in fake epaulettes.

Wind and heavy rain greet Britons who headed for Spanish sun at Easter 2011

The debauched misery, the wretched outdoor midnight revelry of the world was there, streaming in and out from gin-palaces, and bawling itself hoarse with horrid, discordant, screech-owl slang.

The Three Clerks 2004

This was one of the gin-palaces stolen from Belawan.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

What have you been doing, flogging more gin-palaces? '

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

When we arrived, we found not one but ten gin-palaces.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

I was ordered by the same dim major to form a convoy and collect the other nine gin-palaces; they were to be guarded carefully in Medan until they could be shipped back to Calcutta.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

He enjoys, moreover, an abundant leisure, and appears to have ample time and means for participating in the advantages of a residence in London -- for frequenting gin-palaces and music-halls, for observing the beauties of the West End and cultivating the society of appreciative housemaids.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Various

But the authorities seem not to care what description of poison is sold across the counter of gin-palaces -- an evil which may easily be remedied.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

I care not to speak of gin-palaces, filled by poor wretches buying poison for soul and body.

Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets Gertrude P. Dyer

It was an indifferent place, being one of the gin-palaces for which London is famous, but I was content, under the circumstances, to remain there.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various