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

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

Claret drawn in profusion from the gown-boy's grogshop.

From Men's Wives by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The police barrack at Ballinascarthy was once a grogshop, given by the landlord to a dairymaid who had been long in his service.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

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 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

Consequently the woman got married and died, and her husband having proved objectionable was evicted and the grogshop extinguished.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.