(UK, historical) A place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assembled when out of work, ready for the call of employers.
(UK, historical) A place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assembled when out of work, ready for the call of employers.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A house habitually kept open to callers.
An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
(AU, NZ, historical) A room or building behind a bar where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.
(US, mainly Chicago, slang) A brothel, bordello.
(India, historical) An inn or tavern.