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pothouse

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a small tavern

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the Sidors and the Nikitas and their worships in trade talk about 'being quite agreeable,' 'in a jiffy,' 'blast your eyes,' and display the utmost license of pothouse manners and the most degrading superstition."

Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
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the tavern and the pothouse must be put down, though they were a source of income.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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