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Another spelling bee word. How many beerbibbers know what the word means?
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Five views, no comments. No rats among us, who drink beer in cellar?
"rat" of "rath" is German for "counselor", legal or governmental type.
rathskeller
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5Ger < rath (now rat) (akin to READ1), council, town hall + keller, cellar: because frequently located in the cellar of the city hall6 a restaurant, usually below the street level, where beer is served
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Makes me remember college days. Somehow to drink in the rathskeller had more serious heavy drinking involved. Not that I was one of 'em. Never could handle more than a couple of beers, and, even then, only in the summertime on very hot days.
I didn't check out that reference to "read"--and, feeling lazy, will ask: What does "read" have to do with drinking in a cellar? Or even with a counselor in the drinking cellar? Did the counselors drinking in the cellar?
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