pot-house

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See also: pothouse

English

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Etymology

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From pot +‎ house.

Noun

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pot-house (plural pot-houses)

  1. A pub; a tavern.
    • [c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; [], London: [] [John] Duncombe, [], →OCLC, page 8:
      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.

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