pothouse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Last week, Erwin B. Hock, New Jersey Beverage Control Commissioner, ruled that Radigan was licensed to run a corner pothouse, not a nursery.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sealed in blood!" croaks Long John Silver to his sidekick, Jim Hawkins, as they skulk in the corner of a dingy pothouse and plot their return to Treasure Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
You know that I have been discussed by every pothouse villain in the land?
From The Day of Judgment by Hocking, Joseph
I made two visits this afternoon, one to a pothouse in Belleville, the other to a countess in the Faubourg St. Germain.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
So late yesterday we arrived at a solitary pothouse, the filth of which no pen can describe.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
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