grogshop

American  

[grog-shop] / ˈgrɒgˌʃɒp /

noun

British.

1. a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.

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grogshop British  

/ ˈɡrɒɡˌʃɒp /

noun

1. rare a drinking place, esp one of disreputable character

2. informal a shop where liquor can be bought for drinking off the premises

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Etymology

Origin of grogshop

First recorded in 1765–75; grog + shop

Example Sentences

We stopped in Hackensack at a tavern grocery grogshop and post-office all under one roof, for we carried Uncle Sam’s letter bags, which was another grievance, as we had to stop every few miles to change the mails.

From Project Gutenberg

This is close, but no cigar; I understand that in reality, my failure to report three times weekly in Tim Costello's Social Register Saloon on Third Avenue, a grogshop sometimes known as the Almanac de Gotha Bar & Grill, was one cause of my dismissal.

From Time Magazine Archive

With these surprising words, Colonel William Moultrie, 45, commander of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, was recounting not an assault upon some savanna-side grogshop but a striking colonial victory off Charles Town, South Carolina.

From Time Magazine Archive

I never could stomach that fermented milk of human unkindness, which combines the odor of a dairy that has been turned into a grogshop with the flavor of rotten eggs.

From Project Gutenberg

These few specimen churches—and especially the last, which blots out a grogshop—are good instances, with the large congregations they accommodate, of the way in which a sane, flourishing manufacturing community provides for the spiritual needs of its members.

From Project Gutenberg