house of ill fame

noun

A brothel

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Meanings

nounhouse of ill fame (plural houses of ill fame)

plural houses of ill fame

  1. euphemisticidiomaticA brothel
    1 more example

    Thirty men were arrested July 26 and charged with "open and gross lewdness" in an early-morning vice squad raid on the Quagmire bar basement. Police also arrested the bar's manager, Barcaly Churchill, and owner, Lloyd Swanson, charging them with a number of counts, including the keeping of a house of ill fame and the dissemination of obscene matter.

    1981 August 8, Larry Goldsmith, “Boston Police Arrest 30 Men in Bar Raid”, in Gay Community News, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
brothelcathouse
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house of ill fame,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20of%20ill%20fame.

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