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Definition of Pothouse
1. Noun. Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals.
Specialized synonyms: Alehouse, Free House
Terms within: Bar, Barroom, Ginmill, Saloon, Taproom
Generic synonyms: Tap House, Tavern
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Pothouse
1. n. An alehouse.
Definition of Pothouse
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pot-house) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pothouse
1. a tavern [n -S] - See also: tavern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pothouse
Literary usage of Pothouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"pothouse, ie, Peterhouse, or St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Pot-hunter (sporting),
a man who goes round to small athletic meetings with a view of getting ..."
2. Club Makers and Club Members by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1914)
"... raised—Lord Thurlow and Edmund Burke on pothouse club companies—Thatched House
vicissitudes, and its reversion to club use—Sir John Milton designs and ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"I »d him but now to pass a pothouse, as see; and he makes a grimace to pass
pothouse ; it is not good behaviour to a , mais enfin "—and he grinned again, ..."
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