pot-house en · NOUN
Etymology
From pot + house.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pothouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pot-houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |