noun
- Plural of groggery; bars or taverns, especially cheap or disreputable ones where grog (rum-based drinks) is served.
Usage: informal; chiefly historical
Examples
- The port town was filled with groggeries where sailors spent their wages.
- He avoided the groggeries near the docks, preferring more respectable establishments.
- The old groggeries have been replaced by modern restaurants and shops.
- Groggeries were common gathering places for working-class men in the 19th century.