Definitions for doggeries

doggeries dog·ger·y

Spelling: [daw-guh-ree, dog-uh-]
IPA: /ˈdɔ gə ri, ˈdɒg ə-/

Doggeries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 319 anagrams from letters in doggeries (deeggiors).

Definitions for doggeries

noun

  1. doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
  2. dogs collectively.
  3. rabble; mob.
  4. Older Slang. a place where liquor is sold; saloon.

Origin of doggeries

First recorded in 1605-15; dog + -ery

Examples for doggeries

He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.

Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.

He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.

So much had this doggery become frequented by these gentlemen that it became jocularly known among them as the "club annex."

Word Value for doggeries
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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