doggery
Etymology
From dog + -ery.
doggery means A squalid tavern. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
noun
- A squalid tavern.“There is an enemy of religion here, who […] keeps a public house, and also a "doggery." […] By his "doggery," he keeps around him a gang of ten or fifteen of the most abandoned persons, whom he employs as assistants in carrying out his nefarious schemes. When intoxicated, he is most abusive; […]”
- Bestial or underhand behaviour.“"There's a lot of 'doggery' about this business," my informant added musingly.”
- Dogs generally; the realm or sphere of dogs.“[…] we'd distinguish an "entelechial" dog, the "compleat" dog toward which all doggery variously aspires […]”