doggery
[daw-guh-ree, dog-uh-]
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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
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He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.
David Lannarck, MidgetGeorge S. Harney
Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.
The Life Of Abraham LincolnWard H. Lamon
He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.
Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark CornersB.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 TownRobert Cortes Holliday
doggery
noun plural -geries
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