Comment on Snapshot: Viaweb, June 1998parentComments−dmoney14yThe dictionary doesn't seem to have that sense of the word "ordinary". By context in web results it seems to mean "tavern".−nandemo14yI'd never heard of that meaning either, but it's there.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ordinary14. obsolete ( Brit ) a. a meal provided regularly at a fixed price b. the inn providing such meals−phodo14yand here: http://www.wordnik.com/words/impecunious/−andrewl14yTrue. I did say you had to stretch things a bit. I was suggesting YC News as Paul's tavern. A public gathering place.
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The dictionary doesn't seem to have that sense of the word "ordinary". By context in web results it seems to mean "tavern".
I'd never heard of that meaning either, but it's there.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ordinary
14. obsolete ( Brit ) a. a meal provided regularly at a fixed price b. the inn providing such meals
and here: http://www.wordnik.com/words/impecunious/
True. I did say you had to stretch things a bit. I was suggesting YC News as Paul's tavern. A public gathering place.