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spinning houses

spinning houses is the plural of spinning house.

Meaning of spinning house

Noun

spinning house (plural spinning houses)

  1. (historical) A house of correction where delinquent women such as prostitutes were made to work at spinning.

Questions about spinning houses

What is spinning houses the plural of?
Spinning houses is the plural of spinning house.

Words near spinning houses in the dictionary

  1. spinning bikes
  2. spinning down
  3. spinning frame
  4. spinning frames
  5. spinning house
  6. spinning houses
  7. spinning in one's grave
  8. spinning jennies
  9. spinning jenny
  10. spinning mule
  11. spinning mules

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