sporting house

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noun

Older Use. a brothel.

Archaic. an establishment, as a tavern, inn, or the like, catering to gamblers or sportsmen.

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Origin of sporting house

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby sporting house

sportfishing, sporting, sporting blood, sporting chance, sporting dog, sporting house, sporting lady, sportive, sports, sports bar, sports bra

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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 Hughes
The Waggon and Horses was a well-known sporting house, with an old prize-fighter for landlord.
Rodney Stone|Arthur Conan Doyle
In 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 Hapgood
Knightsbridge Grove, approached through a stately avenue of trees from the road, was a sporting-house.
Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2)|John Timbs

In 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

sporting house

noun

US rare a euphemistic word for brothel

archaic a tavern or inn frequented by gamblers or other sportsmen

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