"leaping house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leaping houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leaping house (plural leaping houses)
  1. (obsolete) A brothel. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: leaping-house
    Sense id: en-leaping_house-en-noun-wJVKP7py Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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