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call house

call house

noun
1.
a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
2.
a place at which call girls await telephone calls from customers.

Origin:
1915–20
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Call house is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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call house definition


  1. n.
    a brothel. : The cops busted a call house on Fourth Street last week.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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