noun
- establishments that sell alcoholic beverages, especially cheap liquor
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical
Examples
- The sailors frequented the grogshops near the harbor.
- Many grogshops operated illegally during Prohibition.
- The temperance movement campaigned against the neighborhood grogshops.
- Historical records show numerous grogshops lined the waterfront.
- Local authorities tried to regulate the city’s grogshops.
- The old grogshops were eventually replaced by modern bars.