call house

noun

1. a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
2. a place at which call girls await telephone calls from customers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of call house¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

For this consideration he was allowed to call house and land after his own name, but was forbidden to cut down timber.

From Project Gutenberg

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