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pot-house

pot-house noun: a business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.

Noun

pot-house (plural pot-houses)

  1. A business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.
    • Let our actor, in the true spirit of imitating his betters, follow the example of the great Mr. K⁠—⁠n; that is, let him roll about through the day from pot-house to pot-house like a rumbling old beer barrel, with ten or a dozen noggins of Geneva in his pate.[c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; […], London: […] [John] Duncombe, […], →OCLC, page 8

Forms of pot-house

pluralpot-houses
alternative formpothouse

Origin of pot-house

From pot + house.

Words formed from pot-house

Questions about pot-house

What does pot-house mean?
Pot-house means a business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.
What part of speech is pot-house?
Pot-house is a noun.
What is the plural of pot-house?
The plural of pot-house is pot-houses.

Words near pot-house in the dictionary

  1. pot-girls
  2. pot-hole
  3. pot-holes
  4. pot-hook
  5. pot-hooks
  6. pot-house
  7. pot-houses
  8. pot-in-pot
  9. pot-kettle-black
  10. pot-licker
  11. pot-luck

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