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roadhouse

/ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/ noun C2
  1. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk. (US) · Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)
  2. A receiving house.

Plural roadhouses

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