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Tavern vs Howf - What's the difference?

tavern | howf |

As nouns the difference between tavern and howf

is that tavern is a building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn while howf is (obsolete|scottish) public house, tavern.

tavern

English

(wikipedia tavern)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • Derived terms

    * tavernous

    Synonyms

    * See also

    howf

    English

    Alternative forms

    * howff

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, Scottish) public house, tavern
  • * 1842 , (Walter Scott)
  • Mysell being in the public line, I look for howfs I kenn'd long syne, whar gentles used to drink gude wine