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gambling hell

gambling hell noun: synonym of gambling house.

Noun

gambling hell (plural gambling hells)

  1. (UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes) Synonym of gambling house.
    • They bribed a certain class of merchants - worthy of no better name than the devil's stool pigeons - who infested that city, to induce the young man to drink until he became intoxicated, and then take him to their gambling hell.1844, Jonathan Harrington Green, Gambling Unmasked! Or The Personal Experience of J.H. Green, The Reformed Gambler, page 138
    Synonyms:
    gambling house

Synonyms of gambling hell

Forms of gambling hell

pluralgambling hells

Questions about gambling hell

What does gambling hell mean?
Gambling hell means synonym of gambling house.
What part of speech is gambling hell?
Gambling hell is a noun.
What is the plural of gambling hell?
The plural of gambling hell is gambling hells.

Words near gambling hell in the dictionary

  1. gambling
  2. gambling den
  3. gambling dens
  4. gambling disorder
  5. gambling disordered
  6. gambling hell
  7. gambling hells
  8. gambling house
  9. gambling houses
  10. gambling joint
  11. gambling joints

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