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Liquor Store


Synonyms: Liquor Store

Synonyms: off-licence (n), package store (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Liquor Store

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Mart

Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Liquor Store

English words defined with "liquor store": lie low. (references)
Specialty definitions using "liquor store": SALES CLERK, SUPERVISOR, LIQUOR STORES AND AGENCIES. (references)

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Modern Usage: Liquor Store

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Twice I took the name of the Lord in vain, once I slept with the brother of my fiancee, and once I bounced a check at the liquor store, but that was really an accident. (Moonstruck; writing credit: John Patrick Shanley. Starring Cher as Loretta Castorini and Nicolas Cage as Ronny Cammareri.)

Wiggum Yeah, right, buddy, liquor store robbery, officer down. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Did you rob that liquor store in Galveston? (The Legend of Billie Jean; writing credit: Walter Bernstein; Lawrence Konner)

Lyrics

Maybe at the liquor store, or maybe at the health food stand (Lady; performing artist: D'Angelo)

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change (What It's Like; performing artist: Everlast)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Liquor Store

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Photo Album: Liquor Store

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Boy in front of liquor store, Newark, Ohio.Credit: Library of Congress.

Liquor store, Omaha, Nebraska.Credit: Library of Congress.

Railroad station and liquor store at Ophir, Colorado. A narrow gauge railway runs into the town with supplies and takes out the ore.Credit: Library of Congress.

Liquor store at Ophir, Colorado.Credit: Library of Congress.

Old trolley car, now a liquor store, along highway near Perrine, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress.

Borger, Texas. Men in front of a liquor store.Credit: Library of Congress.

Palacios, Texas. Liquor store.Credit: Library of Congress.

Liquor store, corner Central and Southern Ave. Exterior of liquor store.Credit: Library of Congress.

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Anacostia liquor store I.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Liquor Store

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

U.S. firms, particularly those committed to marketing strategy based on low price, should verify that their Japanese partner use rational distribution channels not ending at small liquor store retailers, but rather utilizing large-scale retailers, discount chains, and convenience store chains. (references)

Human Rights

Venezuela

The two were seated in a liquor store when a National Guard patrol stopped and demanded their identification. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Liquor Store

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  liquor store

590

  online liquor store

189

  bc liquor store

97

  abc liquor store

53

  for sale liquor store

48

  new hampshire state liquor store

31

  bin laden liquor store

7

  ajax liquor store

3

  applejack liquor store

2

  big daddys liquor store

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Liquor Store

Language Translations for "liquor store"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

alkoholiliike. (various references)

   

German

  

wein- und spirituosenhandlung, wein- und spirituosengeschäft (off-license), Bierlokal (pub, tavern). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ποτοπωλείο (bar, saloon). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

酒家 (heavy drinker, pub, wine shop). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅか (employer's house, heavy drinker, pub, wine shop). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iquorlay orestay

   

Portuguese

  

engraxar (grease, polish). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prodavnica alkoholnih pića (off-license). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tienda de licor, tienda de alcohol, tienda alcohólica. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Liquor Store

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-o-q-r-r-s-t-u"

-3 letters: oestriol, outliers, quilters, squirrel, squirter, sultrier, torquers, ulterior.

-4 letters: estriol, liquors, loiters, looters, lorries, lousier, lustier, oolites, orioles, ostiole, outlier, outlies, outsole, querist, questor, quilter, quoters, retools, rioters, riotous, roister, rooster, rooters, rootier, roquets, rouster, routers, ruliest, rustier, rustler, rutiles, soilure, sootier, stoolie, stourie, surlier, toilers, toolers, toreros, torquer, torques, tourers, troilus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Liquor Store


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 69 71 75 6F 72      53 74 6F 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101001 01110001 01110101 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#105 &#113 &#117 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0069 0071 0075 006F 0072      0053 0074 006F 0072 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46758387818425386818471

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Bibliographic Items: "liquor store"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "liquor store"

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Public Service or Web Sites Triggered by: Liquor Store