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

Derived forms: pothouses

Type of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Pothouse