groggery
[ grog-uh-ree ]
noun,plural grog·ger·ies.
a slightly disreputable barroom.
Origin of groggery
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How to use groggery in a sentence
They were passing a low groggery among the pines, when he came out of it, pistol in hand, and impudently ordered them to stop.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha FinleyAnd he stepped into the nearest groggery and purchased a pint or more with the money an old friend had given him.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonPresently a burst of music issued from the groggery; a tap-tap-tap of feet in rhythm to the click of castanets.
Port O' Gold | Louis John StellmanThis loft over a former groggery is no place for you: the news will spread from Chincoteague to Arlington.
The Entailed Hat | George Alfred TownsendA face at a window would have been a relief; even the sight of a customer in the noisome groggery that occupied the ground floor.
The Sword of Damocles | Anna Katharine Green
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