noun. A shop or house where gin is retailed; a dram-shop.

noun. A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.

noun. A place where gin is sold; a modern day example would be a tavern or barroom.

"It is only since the introduction of this trade that the sole recreation of the laborer is to be found in the pot-house or ginshop, and it is only since the introduction of this baneful trade that poverty, crime, and misery have made rapid and fearful strides throughout the community."

drachma  potation  remind