concept
Drinking House sign
tavern sign
also: Питейный дом
The standard signboard wording for a licensed tavern in Imperial Russia; the punchline of a satirical squib about the sole use of literacy.
Reading notes
- What Is Better? §9 Drinking House
"Питейный дом" (Drinking House) was the standard signboard wording for a licensed tavern in Imperial Russia; the narrator's closing joke is that literacy's one redeeming use is being able to read the sign.