What does "groggery" mean?

An establishment that sells alcoholic beverages.

What is a synonym for "groggery"?

Common synonyms include: alehouse, bar, bar, barroom, beer garden, bistro.

Groggery

noun

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Noun

1
An establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. dated
"If women had a voice in the making of the laws, how long would the dram-shop and low groggery send out their liquid poison to pollute civilized lands?"

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alehouse bar bar barroom beer garden bistro

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"If women had a voice in the making of the laws, how long would the dram-shop and low groggery send out their liquid poison to pollute civilized lands?"

Etymology

From grog + -ery.

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