sporting house
Older Use. a brothel.
Archaic. an establishment, as a tavern, inn, or the like, catering to gamblers or sportsmen.
Origin of sporting house
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How to use sporting house in a sentence
It is a well-known sporting-house, and the breakfasts are famous.
Tom Brown's School Days | Thomas HughesThe Waggon and Horses was a well-known sporting house, with an old prize-fighter for landlord.
Rodney Stone | Arthur Conan DoyleIn the evening I went to a sporting house on Twenty-seventh Street, where a number of guns hung out.
The Autobiography of a Thief | Hutchins HapgoodKnightsbridge Grove, approached through a stately avenue of trees from the road, was a sporting-house.
Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) | John TimbsIn the sporting house also she is preferred as a servant, her dark complexion separating her from other inmates.
Half a Man | Mary White Ovington
British Dictionary definitions for sporting house
US rare a euphemistic word for brothel
archaic a tavern or inn frequented by gamblers or other sportsmen
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