Definitions for groggeries

groggeries grog·ger·y

Spelling: [grog-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈgrɒg ə ri/

Groggeries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in groggeries (eegggiorrs).

Definitions for groggeries

noun

  1. a slightly disreputable barroom.

Origin of groggeries

An Americanism dating back to 1815-25; grog + -ery

Examples for groggeries

The groggery was filled with men when he arrived, and in the number he found safety.

Some are occupied as dwelling-places, and some are divided into a sort of store or groggery and living and sleeping rooms.

The lower room was occupied as a groggery and dance-hall, and was several feet below the level of the street.

No sooner had she a groggery "to her fortune" than her hand was sought by a legion of admirers.

I was obliged to put up for the night in the groggery, and there I got an explanation of the comedy.

Presently a burst of music issued from the groggery; a tap-tap-tap of feet in rhythm to the click of castanets.

Gazing back, as I hastened, I saw her still there, leaning against the sheet-iron of the groggery and ostensibly weeping.

The keeper of a groggery in New York happened one day to break one of his tumblers.

He never drank his dram in a groggery nor discussed the affairs of the day upon the public highway.

There is no tavern and no groggery; but there is a chapel and a schoolhouse.

Word Value for groggeries
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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