publands

noun

publands

noun

Etymology From pub + lands.

1

UK, Rare An area with many pubs.

warn the young — / keep from the publands in the port / or into sewerage you'll be flung.1976, Soundings, volume 3, page 72:
Part love story, part thriller, and set in the publands of London's Earls Court,[…]1985, Roger Omond, The Apartheid Handbook:

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[…]publands of Earls Court, Hangover Square's protagonist, semi-alcoholic George Harvey Bone[…]2007, John Harding, Patrick Hamilton: His Life and Work : a Critical Study, page 46:

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