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sly-grogs

sly-grogs is the plural of sly-grog.

Meaning of sly-grog

Noun

sly-grog (plural sly-grogs)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A place illegally selling alcohol without a license, or outside of licensed hours.
    • ‘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.’2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 88

Questions about sly-grogs

What is sly-grogs the plural of?
Sly-grogs is the plural of sly-grog.

Words near sly-grogs in the dictionary

  1. sly foxes
  2. Sly syndrome
  3. sly-boot
  4. sly-boots
  5. sly-grog
  6. sly-grogs
  7. slyboot
  8. slyboots
  9. Slye
  10. slyer
  11. Slyes

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