British pub serving high-quality restaurant-standard food, portmanteau of ‘gastronomy’ + ‘pub’.
Gastro-pub
Example Sentences
"gastronomy"
Etymology & History
British pub serving high-quality restaurant-standard food, portmanteau of 'gastronomy' + 'pub'. Emerged in 1990s London, spread nationally. Modernized British pub culture. Americans adopted the concept and term from Britain.
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Region
London/Cockney
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Era
1990s
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Informal
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