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From a stereotypical name for a person's home with roses growing around it, but here ironically referring to the red colour of sores or bleeding.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An isolation ward for treating venereal disease in sailors when ashore. Full definition →
From a stereotypical name for a person's home with roses growing around it, but here ironically referring to the red colour of sores or bleeding.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.