groggery
noun
a slightly disreputable barroom.
groggeries
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pluralof groggery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the sun ran for the west, rowdy songs started up in the taverns and groggeries.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
They declare that they speak the truth, and the news of dog politics lately vouchsafed to me in groggeries inclines me to believe, but I won't.
From American Notes by Rudyard Kipling
In out-of-the-way places, low groggeries, restaurants, and saloons; in gambling hells and dance houses, the master, preceded by Mliss, came and went.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
It lurks in the lowest groggeries that curse community—is tolerated in some of the most fashionable hotels.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
It was filled with tenements and groggeries of the lowest description, and the sidewalks swarmed with all sorts of low characters.
From Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand by Horatio Alger
