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Definition of House of ill repute
1. Noun. A building where prostitutes are available.
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Massage Parlor
Definition of House of ill repute
1. Noun. (euphemistic) A brothel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Ill Repute
Literary usage of House of ill repute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"From the prison and the gambling-house and the house of ill repute the message
or the messenger has hither come that might not have elsewhere gone. ..."
2. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1830)
"MY IMPRUDENT OBSTINACY IN ENTERING A HOUSE OF ILL-REPUTE AGAINST THE ADVICE AND
ENTREATIES OP MV WIFE. I AM TAKEN IN CUSTODY, AND CARRIED TO THE WATCH-HOUSE ..."
3. Occasional Papers, Dramatic and Historical by Henry Brodribb Irving (1906)
"A little after nine, a few steps from the house of ill repute, some one picked
up a dirty pocket-handkerchief, twisted and bitten, as though it had served ..."
4. Occasional Papers, Dramatic and Historical by Henry Brodribb Irving (1906)
"A little after nine, a few steps from the house of ill repute, some one picked
up a dirty pocket-handkerchief, twisted and bitten, as though it had served ..."
5. Review of the Forrest Divorce: Containing Some Remarkable Disclosures of the by Old lawyer (1852)
"... and what I had seen and heard, I reported the house ne a house of ill repute,
an assignation ..."
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