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a picture-book pub

English translation: a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard


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English term or phrase:a picture-book pub
English translation:a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard
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20:43 Aug 23, 2010
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English term or phrase: a picture-book pub
Borough Market is gourmet heaven; the 17th-century George Inn is a picture-book pub.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 03:25
a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard
Explanation:
For example:

http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/ferryinnwilford.htm
The Ferry Inn is located in the small, picturesque village of Wilford which has a river running through it. A picture book pub with low ceilings, real fires, nook and crannies, the outside is decorated with hanging baskets and window baskets. It is reputed to be the most haunted pub in Nottingham with a history of a number of ghosts...!
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Jeux de Mots
Germany
Local time: 03:25
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4 +9a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard


Explanation:
For example:

http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/ferryinnwilford.htm
The Ferry Inn is located in the small, picturesque village of Wilford which has a river running through it. A picture book pub with low ceilings, real fires, nook and crannies, the outside is decorated with hanging baskets and window baskets. It is reputed to be the most haunted pub in Nottingham with a history of a number of ghosts...!

Jeux de Mots
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac: pub = public house, a type of British bar that usually also serves food.
2 mins
  -> Thank you Jenni - good definition ;-)
agree  Sheila Wilson: I wouldn't agree with Jenni's "usually serves food" - some pubs do, others don't // my experience is that many "locals" don't but country and tourist pubs often do - but I'm 15 years out-of-date (yum - pork scratching memories!)
13 mins
  -> Thank you Sheila. I think pubs "usually" serve some sort of food though don't they (not to mention crisps, nuts, pork scratchings etc)
agree  Jack Doughty
56 mins
  -> Thank you Jack
agree  Samantha Payn
1 hr
  -> Thank you Samantha
agree  Stephanie Ezrol
1 hr
  -> Thank you Stephanie
agree  Maja Basara
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Maja
agree  Hermann: yes to 'traditional style' but according to their offering this pub is anything but traditional: '...range of Fine Wines...selection of Fruit Infusions and Herbal Teas...Range of Speciality Coffees'. They can only mean the architecture/setting.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Hermann for your very valid comments. Picture-book or picture postcard would automatically imply that it is traditional in appearance, not necessarily what they serve inside
agree  Suzan Hamer: A dictionary definition of "picture-perfect": "flawless; perfect in appearance or character." http://dictionary.reference.com/
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Suzan
agree  B D Finch: Assuming they don't mean traditions such as "spit and sawdust".
1 day15 hrs
  -> Thanks BD! I was actually in a spit and sawdust pub two weeks ago - I wasn't aware any of those still existed!
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