stews

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noun

A brothel.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of stew
noun
  1. archaicA brothel.

    "They'd call my house a common stews and me a careless host, / "And—I would not anger my gentlemen for the sake of a shiftless ghost."

    1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of stew
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Chicago

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