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/haʊs əv ɪl ripjˈut/ Listen

House of ill repute

noun

A building where prostitutes are available. Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse.

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"House of ill repute" Quotes from Famous Books

... admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof. Indeed, so foul and contagious are all such proceedings, that they contaminate the very innocent scenes where they are committed, and give the name of a bad house, or of a house of ill repute, to all those where they are suffered to be ...

— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding

Words linked to "House of ill repute" : building, edifice, massage parlor