mughouse

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mug +‎ house

Noun[edit]

mughouse (plural mughouses)

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