pot-house

noun

A business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.

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Meanings

nounpot-house (plural pot-houses)

plural pot-houses · alternative pothouse

  1. A business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.

    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.

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
barbistrohedge alehouseinnloungepubpublicpublic housesaloontavernwatering hole

Origin

From pot + house.

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APA

pot-house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pot-house

MLA

“pot-house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pot-house. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pot-house,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pot-house.

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