drunkery

English

Etymology

From drunk +‎ -ery.

Noun

drunkery (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Drunkenness.
   • quoted in 1887, John Bird Finch, The People Versus the Liquor Traffic (page 111)

     The State having the right to destroy the drunkery, the question for you, citizens of Iowa, to determine is would such action be right and just?