groggery

[ grog-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural grog·ger·ies.

1. a slightly disreputable barroom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of groggery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; grog + -ery

Example Sentences

Folks said the Fire started in a low groggery near the Whitehall Slip.

From Literature

Every bar-room and groggery seemed filled to overflowing with officers and men, and military discipline was nearly, or quite, forgotten for a time in the army of the Potomac.

From Project Gutenberg

"If I had been in condition to expect anything, I should naturally have expected to find myself, on coming to my senses, in the low groggery where I received the blows."

From Project Gutenberg

He did not like the surroundings, even independent of the villainous odors that rose from the groggery, and those that were engendered in the apartment where he sat.

From Project Gutenberg

The crowd is uglier, poorer; there are smells As from the depths of unsuspected hells, And from a groggery where beer and soup Are sold for five cents to the thieves and bums.

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