sluicery, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sluicery n.

[SE sluice, to wash down; note Egan, Life in London (1821): ‘[...] from the lower orders of society, and women of the town, sluicing their throats as it were with gin’]

a gin-shop or public house.

1821		Egan Life in London (1869) 216: As the Spell was broken up [...] they would take a turn to a ‘Sluicery’.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1900		Eve. Tel. (Dundee) 1 Sept. 3/6: The language of the London East-end pub [...] ‘Boozing ken,’ a ‘Sluicery,’ a ‘suckcassa’ — A fully licensed house.