groggery
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Folks said the Fire started in a low groggery near the Whitehall Slip.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Presently a burst of music issued from the groggery; a tap-tap-tap of feet in rhythm to the click of castanets.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)
We even see him among the crowd before the corner groggery, cheering one of the political spouters of the day.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
It was to this year's humble but honorable service of young Lincoln that Mr. Douglas tauntingly alluded in one of his speeches during the canvass of 1858 as 'keeping a groggery.'
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
And almost in the shadow of the City Hall nestled Bath-House John's groggery.
From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna
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