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maisons de tolérance

maisons de tolérance is the plural of maison de tolérance.

Meaning of maison de tolérance

Noun

maison de tolérance (plural maisons de tolérance)

  1. A licensed brothel.
    • We see abroad in the regulations of the maison de tolerance how a contempt for an immoral person, given its head and encouraged, may become a hellish cruelty threatening even the innocent.1913, Rebecca West, “Lynch Law”, in Jane Marcus, editor, The Young Rebecca, Virago, published 1982, page 209

Questions about maisons de tolérance

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

Words near maisons de tolérance in the dictionary

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

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