publands

English

Etymology

From pub +‎ lands.

Noun

publands pl (plural only)

1. (UK, very rare) An area with many pubs.
   • 1976, Soundings, volume 3, page 72:

     warn the young — / keep from the publands in the port / or into sewerage you'll be flung.

   • 1985, Roger Omond, The Apartheid Handbook:

     Part love story, part thriller, and set in the publands of London's Earls Court, […]

   • 2007, John Harding, Patrick Hamilton: His Life and Work : a Critical Study, page 46:

     […] publands of Earls Court, Hangover Square's protagonist, semi-alcoholic George Harvey Bone […]