taverning

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noun

A frequenting at taverns.

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Meanings

nountaverning (plural tavernings)

plural tavernings

  1. obsoleteA frequenting at taverns.

    the misrule of our tavernings

    1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Origin

From tavern + -ing.

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APA

taverning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taverning

MLA

“taverning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taverning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taverning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taverning.

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