tippling house

tippling house
A place where intoxicating liquor is sold in small quantities to be drunk on the premises. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 20. A barroom; a saloon; a grog-shop. Leesburg v Putnam, 103 Ga 110, 114.

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