"fancy house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fancy houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fancy house (plural fancy houses)
  1. (euphemistic) A brothel. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-fancy_house-en-noun-wJVKP7py Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, house. Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-fancy_house-en-noun-E9Kr8gFy Disambiguation of Prostitution: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94

Inflected forms

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