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mughouse

mughouse noun: an alehouse; a pot-house.

Noun

mughouse (plural mughouses)

  1. (obsolete) An alehouse; a pot-house.
    • Our sex has dared the mughouse chiefs to meet, / And purchased fame in many a well-fought street.1717, Thomas Tickell, An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon

Forms of mughouse

pluralmughouses

Origin of mughouse

From mug + house.

Questions about mughouse

What does mughouse mean?
Mughouse means an alehouse; a pot-house.
What part of speech is mughouse?
Mughouse is a noun.
What is the plural of mughouse?
The plural of mughouse is mughouses.

Words near mughouse in the dictionary

  1. Mughals
  2. Mughalsarai
  3. mugham
  4. mughams
  5. Mughlai
  6. mughouse
  7. mughouses
  8. Mughrabi
  9. Mughrabis
  10. Mughs
  11. mugicha

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