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accommodation houses

accommodation houses is the plural of accommodation house.

Meaning of accommodation house

Noun

accommodation house (plural accommodation houses)

  1. (historical) A building offering board and lodging to travellers.
  2. (euphemistic, historical) A building offering rooms to prostitutes and their clients for a short period in exchange for payment.
    • Subsequently, being recalled, he testified that "the phrase 'is keeping an accommodation-house,' when applied to a woman, in Jasper county, in his opinion, mean the same as a house of ill-fame, or house of prostitution." On cross-examination, he said, "the phrase 'is keeping an...1883, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, Indiana: Supreme Court, page 276

Questions about accommodation houses

What is accommodation houses the plural of?
Accommodation houses is the plural of accommodation house.

Words near accommodation houses in the dictionary

  1. accommodation bill
  2. accommodation bills
  3. accommodation bridge
  4. accommodation coach
  5. accommodation house
  6. accommodation houses
  7. accommodation ladder
  8. accommodation ladders
  9. accommodation line
  10. accommodation lines
  11. accommodation on arrival

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