dram shop
Old-fashioned drinking establishment
A dram shop is an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages—a bar, tavern, or liquor store.
The term survives mainly in legal contexts: dram shop laws hold sellers liable for injuries caused by intoxicated customers they served.
A dram was once a small measure of liquor, and shop retains its older sense of a retail establishment.
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
intoxication · drunk driving · pub · alcohol · drunk · negligence · lawsuit · barkeep · liquor license · spirits · serving · patron · tipsy · liability law · watering hole · ale house · overserving · cut off
- tavernstavern keeper, taverns, tavern sign, tavern wench, inns
- liquor lawsDUI, legal age, public intoxication, alcohol ban, open container
- DUIdrunk tank, implied consent, field sobriety test, breathalyzer, BAC test
- tortstort, negligence, tortfeasor, torts, tort law
dram shoppackage store
Shop selling sealed alcohol
liquor store · off-license · bottle shop · ABC store · wine shop
dram shopcoffee house
Establishment serving hot beverages
tearoom · soda fountain · café · juice bar · milk bar
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