groggery
groggery
slang A place where one can buy alcohol. Can refer either to a bar or to a shop where alcohol can be purchased for consumption elsewhere. Do you remember last night at the groggery at all? You guys really drank a lot! We went to the groggery to get some booze for the party.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
groggery
(ˈgrɑgɚi) n. a tavern; a place to buy liquor. All the groggeries are closed on Sundays.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- can't hold (one's) drink
- liquor
- smash the teapot
- lush up
- drunk as a fiddler
- fiddler
- under the influence of alcohol
- boozehound
- alcohol
- have an alcohol problem