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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

With more than the necessary amount of vigor he declared himself innocent of the business and dropped remarks relative to groggeries that would have delighted the ear of a temperance lecturer.

From The Daughter of a Republican by Babcock, Bernie

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 Judson, L. Carroll

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 Harte, Bret

They declare that they speak the truth, and the news of dog-politics lately vouchsafed to me in groggeries incline me to believe—but I won't.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard