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crackhouse

crackhouse is the alternative spelling of crack house.

Meaning of crack house

Noun

crack house (plural crack houses)

  1. (informal) A residential building where crack cocaine is manufactured, sold, or consumed.
    • A woman who ran a crack house in Nashua has become the first to be convicted in New Hampshire under a law criminalizing the use of a house or apartment to violate federal drug laws.2008 June 5, “N.H. gets first conviction under federal crack house law”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 03 Jul 2008

Forms of crackhouse

pluralcrackhouses

Origin of crackhouse

From crack + house.

Questions about crackhouse

What is crackhouse the alternative spelling of?
Crackhouse is the alternative spelling of crack house.

Words near crackhouse in the dictionary

  1. Crackgate
  2. crackhead
  3. crackheads
  4. crackhemp
  5. crackhemps
  6. crackhouse
  7. crackhouses
  8. crackie
  9. crackier
  10. crackies
  11. crackiest

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