gin mills
Old-fashioned watering holes
Gin mills are bars or saloons, especially cheap or disreputable ones.
The term dates from an era when gin was the working-class drink of choice.
Now old-fashioned, it appears mostly in period fiction or nostalgic contexts: He spent his evenings in the gin mills of the Bowery.
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gin millscoffeehouses
Establishments serving brewed beverages
coffee shops · tea rooms · teahouses · soda fountains · cafés
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Exclusive social organizations for men
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Christian houses of worship
chapels · houses of worship · temples · meeting houses · Sunday schools
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