Noun: groggery
Usage: US, archaic
Usage: US, archaic
- A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
"the groggery was packed tight"; "The locals gathered at the groggery every Friday evening";
- tavern, tap house [archaic], watering hole [informal], public house [Brit], pub [Brit, Cdn], saloon [Brit], pothouse [archaic], gin mill [N. Amer, informal], taphouse [archaic], inn [Brit], boozer [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: groggeries