publands

publands

English

Etymology

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English pub
English lands
English publands

    From pub + lands.

    Noun

    publands pl (plural only)

    1. (UK, very rare) An area with many pubs.
      • 1976, Soundings, volume 3, page 72:
        warn the young — / keep from the publands in the port / or into sewerage you'll be flung.
      • 1985, Roger Omond, The Apartheid Handbook:
        Part love story, part thriller, and set in the publands of London's Earls Court, […]
      • 2007, John Harding, Patrick Hamilton: His Life and Work : a Critical Study, page 46:
        […] publands of Earls Court, Hangover Square's protagonist, semi-alcoholic George Harvey Bone […]
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