doggery

[daw-guh-ree, dog-uh-]

noun, plural dog·ger·ies.

doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
dogs collectively.
rabble; mob.

Older Slang. a place where liquor is sold; saloon.

Origin of doggery

First recorded in 1605–15; dog + -ery

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Examples from the Web for doggery

Historical Examples

He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney
Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln
Ward H. Lamon
He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.
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B.G. Jefferis
So much had this doggery become frequented by these gentlemen that it became jocularly known among them as the "club annex."
Turns about Town
Robert Cortes Holliday

British Dictionary definitions for doggery

doggery

noun plural -geries

surly behaviour
dogs collectively
a mob

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Examples from the Web for doggery

Historical Examples

He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.

Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.

He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.

So much had this doggery become frequented by these gentlemen that it became jocularly known among them as the "club annex."

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Origin of doggery