Etymology

maison de passe

Today it means: A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients. Full definition →

French maison de passe
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  1. French · borrowed frommaison de passe
  2. English todaymaison de passe

From French maison de passe.

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