"pleasure house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleasure houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleasure house (plural pleasure houses)
  1. (euphemistic) A brothel. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-pleasure_house-en-noun-wJVKP7py Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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