house of ill fame

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Noun

house of ill fame (plural houses of ill fame)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) A brothel
   • 1981 August 8, Larry Goldsmith, “Boston Police Arrest 30 Men in Bar Raid”, in Gay Community News, page 1:

     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.

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brothel — see brothel