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Pothouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Chiefly British A tavern.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of pot-house.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An alehouse.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An ale-house; a liquor-saloon.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

Word Usage

"The future will organize the exodus of whole villages, which, like those of the Hebrides in the last century, will bear with them to new worlds their Lares and Penates, their wives, families, and friends, who will lay out the church and the churchyard after the old fashion familiar to their youth, and who will not forget the palaver-house, vulgarly called pothouse or pub."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

taphouse tavern

Cross Reference

pot-house politician

Hyponym

alehouse free house

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

alehouse

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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