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flash houses

flash houses is the plural of flash house.

Meaning of flash house

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

Questions about flash houses

What is flash houses the plural of?
Flash houses is the plural of flash house.

Words near flash houses in the dictionary

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

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