molly houses
molly houses is the plural of molly house.
Meaning of molly house
Noun
molly house (plural molly houses)
- A tavern or other establishment in 18th and 19th century England where homosexuals could meet for various activities, such as cross-dressing and sexual encounters.
- Just west of Charing Cross (where a molly named Tolson kept a brandy shop in the late 1720s, and where Whale and Horner were pilloried for keeping a molly house), we come to St James's Square and Pall Mall, ...1992, Rictor Norton, Mother Clap's molly house: the gay subculture in England, page 90
Noun (1) capitalized: Molly Houses
Molly Houses
- plural of Molly House
Noun (2) capitalized: Molly houses
Molly houses
- plural of Molly house
Questions about molly houses
- What is molly houses the plural of?
- Molly houses is the plural of molly house.
- What part of speech is molly houses?
- Molly houses is a noun.
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