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flash house

flash house noun: a brothel.

Noun

flash house (plural flash houses)

  1. (obsolete) A brothel.
    • A gang of footpads, revelling with their favourite beauties at a flash-house.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

Forms of flash house

pluralflash houses

Origin of flash house

Because frequented by flash or showy people, such as thieves and whores.

Questions about flash house

What does flash house mean?
Flash house means a brothel.
What part of speech is flash house?
Flash house is a noun.
What is the plural of flash house?
The plural of flash house is flash houses.

Words near flash house in the dictionary

  1. Flash game
  2. flash grenade
  3. flash grenades
  4. flash gun
  5. flash guns
  6. flash house
  7. flash houses
  8. flash in the pan
  9. flash in the pans
  10. flash lock
  11. flash locks

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