panel house

noun

a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.

Origin of panel house

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Historical Examples of panel house

This broke the panel-house keepers' backbone and they never recovered to resume business again.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World
Clifton R. Wooldridge