What is "pub."

Usage examples of "pub.".

He put his specs back on and focused on a black guy in an old, shiny blue tracksuit who had set up shop at the corner of the pub, selling the Big Issue and chatting up the women walking past.

Weaving back over the road, I headed for the pub. There were just as many people inside, and above the din Robbie Williams was giving it full volume on the sound system.

Belsize Park has a shortage of pubs, he concludes as desperation forces him towards Hampstead.

It has a multitude of pubs, most of which he visited in his more affluent working days.

Talking to a pretty barmaid is almost a reflex action, to be repeated whenever he goes into a pub. Nothing ever comes of it, until now.

He tried sketching the green once, till bad weather forced him into the pub. At closing time he went in the cinema and slept until an usherette woke him.

Mackintosh resumes his scrutiny of the pub. He wonders whether whores feel the same sense of rejection when they tout unsuccessfully for business.

Only a few faces come back: the old woman in the cafe, the Frank Zappa look-alike and the manager in the Regency pub. None of those fit his image of the private detective, yet somebody was watching.

He fantasises that everybody will fall asleep, leaving him nothing to do for the remainder of the day other than adjourning to the nearest pub. Heaven is a day devoted to drinkingand being paid for it.

He liked the flexibility of being able to spend the afternoon in the pub. He is sorry that he never discovered the voluntary sector earlier.

Now he has comfortable lodgings and he can afford to spend his evenings in the pub. What more can a man want, except for a woman?

He needs calming, which is a cue for another visit the pub. It is almost time for lunch.

It is with uncharacteristic hesitation that he opens the door to the pub. Tamsin and her friends are seated at the same table.

The most tempting course is to leave the portfolios in his room and to while away the rest of the afternoon in a pub. He might even go back to see Irene.

Conversation lapses until they reach the pub. It is not a place which Mackintosh visits frequently: he dislikes pubs which have juke boxes and where there are no barmaids to admire.