grogshop

[ grog-shop ]

noun

, British.

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

grogshop

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of grogshop¹

First recorded in 1765–75; grog + shop

Example Sentences

The deciding votes came from the Quakers, among Philadelphia’s most prosperous and pious citizens, who did not want to see a “grogshop man fixed in the Senate.”

From Literature

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

She began by trying to wreck a Medicine Lodge grogshop with an umbrella.

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