sly-grog

plural sly-grogs

1. AustraliaNew ZealandhistoricalA place illegally selling alcohol without a license, or outside of licensed hours.First known use 19th c.

   ‘The only taproom in Hobart without a Gould on the wall,’ remarked the sly-grog shop owner Mr Capois Death […], ‘is the one with Gould in the gutter.’

   2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 88

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   For want of anything else to do, diggers frequented the sly-grog shops, got drunk, and were then prone to use bad language and become either victims or perpetrators of crime and violence.

   2020, Amanda Laugensen, Rooted, NewSouth Publishing, page 71