mughouse

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noun

An alehouse; a pot-house.

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Meanings

nounmughouse (plural mughouses)

plural mughouses

  1. obsoleteAn alehouse; a pot-house.

    Our sex has dared the mughouse chiefs to meet, / And purchased fame in many a well-fought street.

    1717, Thomas Tickell, An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon

Origin

From mug + house.

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APA

mughouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mughouse

MLA

“mughouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mughouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mughouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mughouse.

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