A place where people drink alcohol excessively; a tavern or drinking establishment; or the practice and condition of being drunk.
From 'drunk' + '-ery' (place, practice, or condition), parallel to formations like 'bakery' (place of baking) and 'sorcery' (practice of sorcery), dating to Early Modern English.
In Shakespeare's time, 'drunkery' was a favorite word for condemning both the places and the behavior—Puritans would preach against 'drunkery' as a moral failing, making it sound like an organized, almost respectable vice!
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