† chocolate-house Obs.
A house for the supply of chocolate as a beverage. Also attrib.
| 1694 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) III. 341 The lord Cholmley and Mr. Bertie (vice-chamberlain) quarrelling yesterday at the chocolate house, went out to fight. 1695 Congreve Love for L. i. i, A chocolate-house lampoon. 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 49 In the common Theaters, or in the Jocalat-Houses. 1724 Lond. Gaz. No. 6270/9 All Keepers of Coffee or Chocolate-Houses. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) III. clxi. 202 Seldom seen but at Newmarket and the chocolatehouse. |