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grogshop

/grog-shop/US // ˈgrɒgˌʃɒp //UK // (ˈɡrɒɡˌʃɒp) //

画廊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.

Examples

  • Groups of men moved over from the grogshop to the chapel door.

  • The police barrack at Ballinascarthy was once a grogshop, given by the landlord to a dairymaid who had been long in his service.

  • It was all sordid enough, and dirty—a typical frontier grogshop; but the thing of most interest to me was the proprietor.

  • The fisherman in the jumper wavered to and fro between Christlove and the ancient grogshop.

  • The half-cured drunkard remembered putting down his head, and starting for the nearest grogshop on a run, with a yell.