stop-tap
Welsh-English for last orders — closing time at the pub.
Definitions
The moment the landlord shuts off the beer taps and calls last orders. Pure Welsh-English pub vocab — what the rest of Britain calls 'closing time' or 'last orders'. If you're still ordering pints at stop-tap you're cutting it fine.
stop-tap In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Literal: the taps on the beer pumps being stopped (shut off) at the end of service. Cemented into South Wales pub speech.
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