Definitions for groggery

groggery grog·ger·y

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

Groggery is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in groggery (egggorry).

Definitions for groggery

noun

  1. a slightly disreputable barroom.

Origin of groggery

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

Examples for groggery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for groggery
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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