grogshops

As to the practical workings of these laws, it may be said that while there were no "grogshops" within the prohibited limits, there were some at no great distance outside, and while intoxicating liquors could not be openly bought, there were abundant underground streams which could be and were easily tapped by those who had money and inclination.

History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907

By order of the police authorities, all the "grogshops,"

The Presidential Contest in America 1864

The dimly lit alley-passage backed on numbers of other grogshops, cheap cabarets, and modest eateries in the immediate vicinity.

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

Would the grogshops of New Orleans waterfront be any different from the grogshops of Kingston or Port of Spain?

Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

Knightstown and the ferry which leads to the grogshops and Fenian centres of Cahirciveen.

Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

North -- such is the political philosophy assiduously dispensed and greedily imbibed in the grogshops and 'back slums' of every Northern city, and which politicians and journalists pretending to sense and decency do not hesitate for their party's and their ambition's sake to indorse and disseminate.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Retailers did not hesitate to sell playing-cards or dice, nor were the grogshops closed for want of stamped licenses.

Beginnings of the American People Carl Lotus Becker 1909

Sneaking vessels -- floating grogshops -- crept about among the fleets, and an exhausted fisherman could soon obtain enough fiery brandy to make him senseless and useless.

A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871

I would have that building a well warmed and well lighted room in winter, where all should be welcome to come and get a sandwich and a warm cup of tea or coffee and a hot bowl of soup, and if the grogshops were selling liquor for five cents, I would sell the soup for three or four cents, with a roll.

Trial and Triumph Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1868

Were that the case, why were not refined women then in the grogshops?

The Anniversaries Staff 1867