pot-house

See also: pothouse

English

Alternative forms

• pothouse

Etymology

pot +‎ house

Noun

pot-house (plural pot-houses)

1. A pub; a tavern.
   • [c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; […], London: […] [John] Duncombe, […], →OCLC, page 8:

     Let our actor, in the true spirit of imitating his betters, follow the example of the great Mr. K⁠—⁠n; that is, let him roll about through the day from pot-house to pot-house like a rumbling old beer barrel, with ten or a dozen noggins of Geneva in his pate.

Anagrams

• housetop