pothouse
Britishnoun
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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
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 Henry Labouchere
Clare felt ashamed as she remembered all the remarks to which she had listened, reflecting on this man’s courage, and all because he did not take kindly to some low, pothouse brawl.
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford
He did not look in the direction indicated, but hastened into his pothouse to strip off his saturated pelisse before the fire, and swear a little more.
From A Hungarian Nabob by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
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