Noun: pothouse 'pót,haws
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- 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
Encyclopedia: Pothouse