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hookshop

hookshop noun: a brothel.

Noun

hookshop (plural hookshops)

  1. (dated, slang) A brothel.

Forms of hookshop

pluralhookshops

Origin of hookshop

hook + shop

Questions about hookshop

What does hookshop mean?
Hookshop means a brothel.
What part of speech is hookshop?
Hookshop is a noun.
What is the plural of hookshop?
The plural of hookshop is hookshops.

Words near hookshop in the dictionary

  1. Hookses
  2. hookset
  3. hooksets
  4. Hooksett
  5. hooksetting
  6. hookshop
  7. hookshops
  8. hookshot
  9. hookshots
  10. hooksian
  11. hookswinging

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