pothouse

pot·house (p

hous

)

n. Chiefly British

A tavern.

pothouse [ˈpɒtˌhaʊs]

(Historical Terms) Brit (formerly) a small tavern or pub

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Noun

pothouse - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

gin mill, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon

alehouse - a tavern where ale is sold

bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

free house - a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale

tap house, tavern - a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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alehouse BAR barroom free house gin mill ginmill Mughouse pub public house saloon tap house taphouse taproom tavern	Selling straw to the peasants in times of scarcity of provender was what he might do, even though he felt sorry for them; but the tavern and the pothouse must be put down, though they were a source of income. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Harassed by this reflection, he made haste with his scanty pothouse supper, and having finished it called the landlord, and shutting himself into the stable with him, fell on his knees before him, saying, "From this spot I rise not, valiant knight, until your courtesy grants me the boon I seek, one that will redound to your praise and the benefit of the human race. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context Well, he'd make a point then of being dirty, greasy, pothouse in his manners and he wouldn't care Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context	potentiometric potentiometric surface Potentize Potently Potentness Potenza Poterium Poterium sanguisorba Potestate Potestative potful Potgun pothead pothead whale pothecary potheen pother potherb potholder pothole potholed potholer potholing pothook pothos pothouse pothunter potiche Potichomania Potidaea potion Potiphar potlatch Potlid Potlid valve potluck potman Potomac Potomac River potomania potometer Potoo Potoroinae potoroo Potorous Potos Potos caudivolvulus Potos flavus Potosí potpie potpourri	pothered pothered pothering pothering pothers pothers potholder pothole pothole Pothole Dodger pothole lake pothole lake pothole lakes pothole lakes pothole sign potholed potholed potholer potholer Potholers Potholers Potholes Potholes Potholes Reservoir Potholes State Park Potholing Potholing pothook pothook pothos pothouse Pothuava pothunter pothunters pothunting Poti Poti Poti Province, Ottoman Empire Poti Sea Port Poti Seaport potiche Potichomania Potidaea Potidaea Potidaia Potidaia Potidea Potidea Potier diagram Potifar Potifar Pòtigal Pòtigal Potiomkin Potiomkin potion potion potion Potions Potions potior

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ginmill
Mughouse
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saloon
tap house
taphouse
taproom
tavern

Selling straw to the peasants in times of scarcity of provender was what he might do, even though he felt sorry for them; but the tavern and the pothouse must be put down, though they were a source of income.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Harassed by this reflection, he made haste with his scanty pothouse supper, and having finished it called the landlord, and shutting himself into the stable with him, fell on his knees before him, saying, "From this spot I rise not, valiant knight, until your courtesy grants me the boon I seek, one that will redound to your praise and the benefit of the human race.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

Well, he'd make a point then of being dirty, greasy, pothouse in his manners and he wouldn't care

Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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