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rathskeller


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rathskeller  \Raths"kel`ler\  (r[aum]ts"k[e^]l*l[~e]r),  n.  [G., 
  also  {ratskeller},  prop.,  town-hall  cellar.] 
  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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