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maisons de passe

maisons de passe is the plural of maison de passe.

Meaning of maison de passe

Noun

maison de passe (plural maisons de passe)

  1. A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
    • Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 31

Questions about maisons de passe

What is maisons de passe the plural of?
Maisons de passe is the plural of maison de passe.

Words near maisons de passe in the dictionary

  1. Maisonneuve
  2. Maisonneuve fracture
  3. Maisonneuve fractures
  4. Maisonneuve's instrument
  5. Maisonneuve's instruments
  6. maisons de passe
  7. maisons de tolérance
  8. Maisons-Alfort
  9. maist
  10. maister
  11. maistered

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