英和和英

語源

The pubs on mid-twentieth century housing estates were often cheaply built from concrete panels, resulting in a cuboid building with a flat roof.

名詞

flat-roof pub (plural flat-roof pubs)

1. (UK, humorous) A rough pub, usually on a council estate.
   • 2018 October 7, Damon Wilkinson, “The rise and fall of Manchester's council estate pubs”, in Manchester Evening News‎, archived from the original on 27 February 2021:

     From 'the toughest pub in Britain' to the boozer that's diversifying. Is there any future in the 'flat roof pub'?

   • 2021 May 19, Harold Heath, Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-time DJ, Velocity Press, →ISBN:

     I rocked flat-roofed pubs called things like The Dockers Fist.

   • 2021 October 14, Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall, Hilary Whitehall, How to Survive Family Holidays, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Stella Artois back home has connotations of string vests and flat-roof pubs and things 'kicking off ' in a car park, yet for some reason on the Continent it transforms into something far more sophisticated.

   • 2022 September 1, Erin Kelly, The Skeleton Key, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     It starts to rain so I cycle slowly home via York Way, the new developments slammed up against ungentrifiable pockets of social housing and flat roof pubs.