˜yÐÄvlog

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tourist court

noun

  1. Older Use. motel.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tourist court1

First recorded in 1915–20
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In Dallas, after F. G. Maloney complained to the law that he and his wife had been robbed of several thousand dollars in a tourist court, police learned that Maloney, alias Curly Malone, had gotten the cash in a New Orleans holdup.

The motor court business was officially launched in 1913, according to the Tourist Court Journal, when a Douglas, Ariz, operator prettied up six tiny mining cottages, rented them out to passing tourists.

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