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house of accommodation

house of accommodation noun: a brothel.

Noun

house of accommodation (plural houses of accommodation)

  1. (archaic, euphemistic) A brothel.
    • As soon then as the evening began, and the shew of a shop was shut, the academy open'd; the mask of mock-modesty was completely taken off, and all the girls deliver'd over to their respective calls of pleasure or interest with their men; and none of that sex was promiscuously admitted, but only...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Forms of house of accommodation

pluralhouses of accommodation

Questions about house of accommodation

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

Words near house of accommodation in the dictionary

  1. house niggas
  2. house nigger
  3. house niggers
  4. house number
  5. house numbers
  6. house of accommodation
  7. House of Allah
  8. house of assembly
  9. house of assignation
  10. House of Burgesses
  11. house of call

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