"disorderly house" meaning in All languages combined

See disorderly house on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: disorderly houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} disorderly house (plural disorderly houses)
  1. (now historical) A brothel. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-disorderly_house-en-noun-wJVKP7py Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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