good house

noun

An inn or bar.

Meanings

noungood house (plural good houses)

plural good houses

  1. obsoleteAn inn or bar.

    "[…]Here is a very creditable good house just by, where thou may'st find good entertainment for thyself and thy cattle till morning."

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book X
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