mughouse

English

Etymology

From mug +‎ house.

Noun

mughouse (plural mughouses)

1. (obsolete) An alehouse; a pot-house.
   • 1717, Thomas Tickell, An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon:

     Our sex has dared the mughouse chiefs to meet, / And purchased fame in many a well-fought street.