"house of accommodation" meaning in All languages combined

See house of accommodation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: houses of accommodation [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|houses of accommodation}} house of accommodation (plural houses of accommodation)
  1. (archaic, euphemistic) brothel Tags: archaic, euphemistic Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-house_of_accommodation-en-noun-HeTsAx~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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