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  2. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    States like Florida sometimes use the term "freeway" in reference to expressways (at-grade or grade-separated) which are free-of-charge to use. Atari 2600 Originally sold as the Atari Video Computer System (or Atari VCS for short). When its successor, the Atari 5200, was released, the VCS was rebranded the Atari 2600, after its part number (CX ...

  3. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. "the French", "the Dutch") provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.

  4. Bar (establishment) - Wikipedia

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    A hotel bar in Switzerland Outdoor bar in Paso Robles, California, United States of America. A bar, also known as a saloon, a tavern or tippling house, or sometimes as a pub or club, is a retail business that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks.

  5. What ‘standing on business’ is all about - AOL

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    “I said I wanted to lose weight this year, so I’m gonna stand on business and go to the gym.” “My boss keeps emailing me on my day off, but I’m standing on business. They’ll get a ...

  6. Izakaya - Wikipedia

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    In the Shoku Nihongi, written in 797, there is a record of King Ashihara who got drunk and was murdered in a tavern in 761. [citation needed] The full-scale development of izakaya began around the Edo period (1603–1867). At liquor stores that used to sell alcohol by weight, people began to drink alcohol while standing.

  7. Pub names - Wikipedia

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    Rose Tavern, a pub in Wisbech, Isle of Ely. [3] Vine or Grapes possibly harks back to the Roman custom of displaying a vine outside a tavern or wine-shop, as in The Hoop and Grapes in Aldgate High Street, London (reputed to be the city's oldest pub) and the Vine, Wisbech (now closed). [3] Wheatsheaf, a Wetherspoon pub in Wisbech. [3]

  8. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Adjectives can be modified by a preceding adverb or adverb phrase, as in very warm, truly imposing, more than a little excited. Some can also be preceded by a noun or quantitative phrase, as in fat-free, two-meter-long. Complements following the adjective may include: prepositional phrases: proud of him, angry at the screen, keen on breeding toads;

  9. Boar's Head Inn - Wikipedia

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    The Boar's Head Inn is the name of several former and current taverns in London, most famously a tavern in Eastcheap that is supposedly the meeting place of Sir John Falstaff, Prince Hal and other characters in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays. An earlier tavern in Southwark used the same name, and an inn of the name in Whitechapel was used as a ...