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inn

/ɪn/ noun B2
  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  2. A tavern.
  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers. · the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

Plural inns

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In ten more we were seated in the parlour of the inn and being treated to a rapid sketch of those events which have been outlined in the previous chapter.
The Valley of Fear, p. 34 · C1
The three detectives had many matters of detail into which to inquire; so I returned alone to our modest quarters at the village inn.
The Valley of Fear, p. 62 · C1
Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a considered statement.
The Valley of Fear, p. 66 · C1
We slept in a double-bedded room, which was the best that the little country inn could do for us.
The Valley of Fear, p. 78 · C1

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