doggery

[ daw-guh-ree, dog-uh- ]
/ ˈdɔ gə ri, ˈdɒg ə- /

noun, plural dog·ger·ies.

doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
dogs collectively.
rabble; mob.
Older Slang. a place where liquor is sold; saloon.

Origin of doggery

First recorded in 1605–15; dog + -ery

Words nearby doggery

dogfish, dogged, dogger, dogger bank, doggerel, doggery, doggett's coat and badge race, dogging, doggish, doggo, doggone

Example sentences from the Web for doggery

  • He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.

    David Lannarck, Midget |George S. Harney

  • So much had this doggery become frequented by these gentlemen that it became jocularly known among them as the "club annex."

    Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday

  • Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.

    The Life Of Abraham Lincoln |Ward H. Lamon

  • He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.

    Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners |B.G. Jefferis

British Dictionary definitions for doggery

doggery
/ (ˈdɒɡərɪ) /

noun plural -geries

surly behaviour
dogs collectively
a mob