Sluicery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sluicery is a noun meaning (slang, archaic) A gin shop or public house.
Meaning
(slang, archaic) A gin shop or public house.
Example Sentences
When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'
Word Forms
- sluiceries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lush-crib, slue, slutch, slitch, slopshop, suillage.
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