spookhouse
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spookhouse (plural spookhouses)
- (slang) A haunted house.
- (slang) A headquarters for intelligence agents.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 10:
- High Haven's the spookhouse. Been the spookhouse for years.