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bloodhouses

bloodhouses is the plural of bloodhouse.

Meaning of bloodhouse

Noun

bloodhouse (plural bloodhouses)

  1. A building where violent, bloody brawls are common.
    • ‘[…]Not,’ she elaborated with ponderous wistfulness, ‘that I don’t enjoy an occasional slumming expedition to the bloodhouses. Graham won’t use a bar that isn’t full of men in grubby singlets;[…]’1961, George Turner, A Stranger and Afraid, London: Cassell, page 40

Questions about bloodhouses

What is bloodhouses the plural of?
Bloodhouses is the plural of bloodhouse.

Words near bloodhouses in the dictionary

  1. bloodhound
  2. bloodhounding
  3. bloodhoundish
  4. bloodhounds
  5. bloodhouse
  6. bloodhouses
  7. bloodhungry
  8. bloodied
  9. bloodied nose
  10. bloodied noses
  11. bloodied up

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