"package store"

[Natalie Maynor]

Frank Abate wrote:

> I would call "package store" a pure regionalism, and reflective (as Lynne M
> said) of Lieberman's CT origin.  He may not have realized he was using a
> regionalism, as it is the natural and expected term in his dialect area.

The region is apparently pretty large since "package store" is a normal
term in Mississippi also.
   --Natalie Maynor (maynor at ra.msstate.edu)