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houses of accommodation

houses of accommodation is the plural of house of accommodation.

Meaning of house of accommodation

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

Questions about houses of accommodation

What is houses of accommodation the plural of?
Houses of accommodation is the plural of house of accommodation.

Words near houses of accommodation in the dictionary

  1. houseroom
  2. houserooms
  3. housers
  4. houses
  5. houses divided
  6. houses of accommodation
  7. houses of assembly
  8. houses of assignation
  9. houses of call
  10. houses of cards
  11. houses of commons

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