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A pub like this would be a likely stop on a pub crawl.

A pub crawl (sometimes called a bar tour or bar-hopping) is the act of one or more people drinking in a number of pubs in a single night, normally walking between them. A similar act, but involving coffee instead of alcohol, is known as a café crawl. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... A thatched pub, the Williams Arms at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England. ... A thatched pub, the Williams Arms at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... An animated demonstration of a six-legged insect walking. ...

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term (including variations like "gin crawl" and "beer crawl") has been in use since the late 19th century. It's purportedly called a "crawl" because the participants are literally crawling from pub to pub after getting drunk at the first few pubs. The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crawling is a form of moving around by some animals, and, in some cases humans, generally involving slow movement on all limbs. ...

Many European cities have public pub crawls that act as social gatherings for the local expat communities and tourists. These pub crawls focus on the social aspect of meeting new friends and being introduced to new bars in a strange city. Examples of these include the FunkyParis pub crawl in Paris, the famous Berlin pub crawl, the FunkyRiviera pub crawls in Nice and Cannes, the Colosseum pubcrawl in Rome, and the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, which is themed around the haunts of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Brendan Behan. Professional actors lead the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl and perform spirited selections from the works of Irish writers^[1].^{[citation needed]} Smaller sized gatherings for pub crawls are also growing in popularity in the United States in which nationalities participate. The town holding the record of The Worlds Largest Pub Crawl is Maryborough, Qld ,Australia.

See also

• 7th of the Month[1]
• Evening Standard Pub of the Year
• The King Street Run
• Otley Run
• Subcrawl
• Mumbles Mile

The Evening Standard Pub of the Year title has been awarded annually to a pub selected from a shortlist by readers of the Evening Standard, Londons main evening newspaper. ... The King Street Run is a famous pub crawl in Cambridge in the UK. It takes place along King Street. ... The Otley Run is a pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... A Subcrawl is a pub crawl based on the Glasgow Subway circuit, in Scotland. ... Mumbles village, Wales. ...

References

1. ^ "Dublin Literary Pub Crawl - Questions". Retrieved on 2007-05-27.

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