liquor store
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- noun
- /ˈlɪkər stɔr/
- US
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licorería
- Francesca exits a liquor store with a bottle of wine in a paper bag.
- liquor stores and bars
He bought a small liquor store in Springfield, NJ.
- He bought a small liquor store in Springfield, NJ.
- I grew up in a liquor store called Shoppers Discount Liquors.
- I I was at a, a liquor store getting my check cashed.
- And you could go to special grocery stores or liquor stores and buy imported beer, right?
- I get in the car, we drive to Leary's Liquor store.
- So I mean, I think basically it's kind of kind of like liquor stores and there's constant arguments of some neighborhoods that have way too many liquor stores.
- So they're kind of like a liquor store as well.
- Like e-commerce, all the OG liquor store owners made fun of me.
- Yeah, but his eyes said you're in a fucking liquor store, you Dick.
Examples
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The liquor store near my house has a great selection of craft beers.
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I bought a bottle of wine at the local liquor store for dinner.
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Ben is coming out of a liquor store with a large brown bag.
Fiction book (1995) -
I assume she got it from the liquor store down the street.
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Your district includes the area around Market Street, a business section with many liquor stores and bars.
Academic text (1992) -
He bought a small liquor store in Springfield, NJ.
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She stopped by the liquor store to pick up some beer for the party.
Synonyms
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A shop that sells bottles of beer, wine or spirits to take home
A shop that sells alcoholic drinks to take away
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Morphology
The meaning 'a shop that sells alcoholic beverages' is directly and compositionally derived from 'liquor' (spirits) + 'store' (shop). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern for shops and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Liquor store comes from the older meaning of liquor as a strong liquid used for drinking, and store meaning a shop. Imagine a shop full of bottles of that strong liquid people buy 'to take home'; that's why the phrase means a shop that sells alcoholic drinks for home use.