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whore⋅house

  [hawr-hous, hohr- or, often, hoor-]
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–noun, plural -hous⋅es  [-hou-ziz] .
a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
Origin:
1300–50; ME hoore-hows. See whore, house
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whore-house 
c.1300, from whore (n.) + house (n.). Obsolete from c.1700, revived early 20c. in Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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