noun
General Slang
the outdoor
· noun · brummie
The off-licence — where you nip out to grab a few cans.
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An off-licence or liquor shop. Black Country and Brummie usage, dating from when pubs had a separate hatch or door selling booze for takeaway — the 'outdoor' as opposed to the indoor bar. The name stuck even when the hatches didn't.
“Pop down the outdoor and grab us a few tinnies, our kid.”
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the outdoor In A Sentence
Pop down the outdoor and grab us a few tinnies, our kid.
Origin & Usage
From Victorian pubs having a separate 'outdoor' counter for off-sales (takeaway booze), distinct from the indoor bar.
Variants
outdoor
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