"house of tolerance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: houses of tolerance [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French maison de tolérance. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|maison de tolérance}} Calque of French maison de tolérance Head templates: {{en-noun|houses of tolerance}} house of tolerance (plural houses of tolerance)
  1. (dated) A licensed brothel. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-house_of_tolerance-en-noun-mpNGe7oH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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