A small drinking-place.
1799. Does he or Brother Eyerley mean to keep a dram-shop?—The Aurora, Phila., March 27.
1819. Let me conjure you to avoid those pests of society, the little dram-shops.—Mass. Spy, Dec. 29.
1839. A detached part of these premises is a dramshop.—Lincoln Gazette, Feb. 12. (N.E.D.)
