Meanings
nounpeg house (plural peg houses)
plural peg houses
- A brothel for male homosexuals.
At his partner's suggestion, they started a peg house in which “Deloris” became “Matty” and his partner assumed the role of “husband.” This relationship broke up after two years, but Matty continued to run the peg house on his own.
2002, Henry L. Minton, Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America
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