publands
A rare British coinage for an area dense with pubs — pub country, so to speak.
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A rare British coinage for an area dense with pubs — pub country, so to speak. The '-lands' suffix (as in 'heartlands', 'badlands') gives it a mock-geographical feel. Used very rarely and likely coined for specific descriptive or humorous purposes rather than as established slang.
He referred to that stretch of the city as publands, given the density of bars per block.
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(UK, very rare) An area with many pubs.
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