ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lush-crib, slue, slutch, slitch, slopshop, suillage.

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