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SPORTING HOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sporting house mean? 

SPORTING HOUSE (noun)
  The noun SPORTING HOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a building where prostitutes are availableplay

  Familiarity information: SPORTING HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPORTING HOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where prostitutes are available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagnio; bawdyhouse; bordello; brothel; cathouse; house of ill repute; house of prostitution; sporting house; whorehouse

Hypernyms ("sporting house" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sporting house"):

massage parlor (a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage)


 Context examples 


The Waggon and Horses was a well-known sporting house, with an old prize-fighter for landlord.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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