Why grant a license to each Groggery When it is evident men only run To those low places for iniquity, Till they become as vile as wicked men can be?
"The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects"
Thomas Cowherd
This man Jameson pinches 'em, but his mate follows him up an' has it out with him in a waterfront Groggery.
"The Voice in the Fog"
Harold MacGrath
The leader of the regulators lounged carelessly toward the door until satisfied no one was paying any particular attention to him, when he stepped briskly out, and walked rapidly to a Groggery situated at the farther end of the town.
"Down the Slope"
James Otis