"no-tell motel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-no-tell motel.ogg [Australia] Forms: no-tell motels [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting that the encounters will be kept private. Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-noun}} no-tell motel (plural no-tell motels)
  1. (slang) A love hotel; a motel where brief sexual encounters are sanctioned. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Hotels, Love, Sex Synonyms: hot-sheet motel, love hotel, no-tell hotel

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