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Rathskeller n. Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rathskeller" Quotes from Famous Books

... speak of occasions when I did not step off the sidewalk as they came along. A man does more toward gaining the affection of foreigners by giving a good dinner now and then than by international law. I gained considerable fame by my little dinners at Mueller's Rathskeller, under the ...

— The Princess Elopes • Harold MacGrath

... with the big feet?" inquired Terence, craning his neck. "That's great-uncle O'Brannigan. He used to keep a rathskeller ...

— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry

... next day, Bat Scanlon had gotten into communication with Ashton-Kirk; the two had lunch in the quiet depths of a rathskeller, where they ate and talked, and afterward smoked, to the drone of ...

— Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist • John T. McIntyre

... he decided, after a moment. His glance swept the range of vision and settled upon a rathskeller sign. "Come over ...

— Average Jones • Samuel Hopkins Adams

Words linked to "Rathskeller" : tavern