Wiktionary
n. (context US English) a retail liquor store, specifically one in which only sealed containers may be sold for consumption off the premises.
WordNet
n. a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere [syn: liquor store, off-licence]
Usage examples of "package store".
It was a combination check-cashing place, mailbox rental, and pawnshop stuck between a package store and a shoe repair shop.
He'd stopped at a package store, she realized, and that was why she'd gotten there first.
Ever since he'd left the package store he'd had a feeling that he was being watched.
Their father had been an alcoholic who had worked occasionally and not well as an auto mechanic to provide money that he had transferred regularly and immediately to the nearest package store.
He's known to drive the same road where the accident occurred, and he's known to hit the package store on payday, which coincidentally was exactly when the kid got hit.
On the way to the hotel I stopped at a package store and bought a pint of gin.
I wadded the bill in my fist and shoved it into the open mouth of the kitty before crossing the dance floor and entering the inside door to the package store.
If Lee Vernon had followed me into the package store, I would have knocked his teeth out, even if he was drunk.
On the way back I bought a pint of Wild Turkey bourbon at a package store and was back in time to pick Hayden up after class and follow him to the parking lot.
Along the way, I stopped in a package store and picked up a bottle, as it was late and I was loath to go too blotto in public.