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sporting house
noun
- Older Use. a brothel.
- Archaic. an establishment, as a tavern, inn, or the like, catering to gamblers or sportsmen.
sporting house
noun
- rare.a euphemistic word for brothel
- archaic.a tavern or inn frequented by gamblers or other sportsmen
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sporting house1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Storyville even had its own publication, the Blue Book, a guide to each sporting house in the district.
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It is a well-known sporting house, and the breakfasts are famous.
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The man was the son of a woman who kept a sporting house in a Western city.
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They detached themselves from the crowd and walked down to the sporting house, where they found Bill just tucking a bulky bundle under his arm.
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His hob-nailed shoes were the latest thing in “field boots,†and his hunting coat was a credit to the sporting house that had turned it out.
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