Sly-grog

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place illegally selling alcohol without a license, or outside of licensed hours. Australia, New-Zealand, historical

    "‘The only taproom in Hobart without a Gould on the wall,’ remarked the sly-grog shop owner Mr Capois Death […], ‘is the one with Gould in the gutter.’"

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"‘The only taproom in Hobart without a Gould on the wall,’ remarked the sly-grog shop owner Mr Capois Death […], ‘is the one with Gould in the gutter.’"

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