pot-house

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pot-house

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From pot + house.

noun pot-houses · pothouse

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.

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@misc{pot_house_2026,
  title = {pot-house},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pot-house},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}