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pot-houses

pot-houses is the plural of pot-house.

Meaning of pot-house

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

Questions about pot-houses

What is pot-houses the plural of?
Pot-houses is the plural of pot-house.

Words near pot-houses in the dictionary

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

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