druggery
A North American informal or colloquial term for a drugstore — a pharmacy or chemist's shop.
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A North American informal or colloquial term for a drugstore — a pharmacy or chemist's shop. The word adds the '-ery' suffix (as in 'bakery', 'brewery') to 'drug', creating a slightly old-fashioned or folksy alternative to the standard term. It appears in 19th and early 20th-century American usage.
He ran down to the druggery on the corner to pick up aspirin before it closed.
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(North America) A drugstore.
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