package store

English

Etymology

From the state laws of Connecticut and Georgia which declare that purchased liquor must be in a sealed container or removed from the premises in a bag or other package.

Noun

package store (plural package stores)

1. (US) A retail liquor store, specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises.
   • 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, pages 153-154:

     It’s not like there was any shortage of booze in Eloe. There were package stores and churches every hundred feet.

Synonyms

• packie (US, slang)
• liquor store
• off-licence (UK)
• offy (UK, slang)

Translations

liquor store — see liquor store