doggery C2 Topic:Register & Style US /ˈdɔːɡəri/ UK /ˈdɒɡəri/ See IPA manual Freq #326597 Meanings 1 noun historical US: a cheap, disreputable saloon or tavern The deserted doggery still had a broken bar and cards scattered across the floor. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · historical us: a cheap,... divecheap saloonlow tavern Word family Related forms saloontaverndive Etymology Formed from dog + -ery, using dog in a disparaging sense for something low or disreputable. In nineteenth-century American English, a doggery was a cheap saloon or dive. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # doggery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɔːɡəri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɒɡəri/ **Frequency rank:** 326597 ## Meanings 1. historical US: a cheap, disreputable saloon or tavern ## Examples - The deserted doggery still had a broken bar and cards scattered across the floor. ## Synonyms - dive - cheap saloon - low tavern ## Related Forms - saloon - tavern - dive ## Etymology Formed from dog + -ery, using dog in a disparaging sense for something low or disreputable. In nineteenth-century American English, a doggery was a cheap saloon or dive. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown