free house
noun British.
a tavern that, having no affiliation or contract with a particular brewery, serves several brands of beer, ale, etc.
Origin of free house
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby free house
free gingiva,
free gold,
free goods,
free graft,
free hand,
free house,
free jazz,
free kick,
free kirk,
free labour,
free list
Example sentences from the Web for free house
The poor child was so unhappy at being a slave and no doubt had first seen the light in a free-house.
Homo Sum, Complete |Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for free house
free house
noun
British
a public house not bound to sell only one brewer's products