ext_199690 ([identity profile] lhn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2014-05-29 09:16 pm (UTC)

The metonymic use of "drinking vessel" or "pouring vessel" for "wineshop" or "tavern" can also be found in dialectal German Krug (cf. Dutch kroeg "pub").

And English "canteen"? (Or are the two meanings false friends?)
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