call house

call house
   American
   a brothel
   Where you originally found the call girl:
    ... it's no worse than playing the piano in a call house. (Perelman, 1937)

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  • call house — n. a brothel. □ The cops busted a call house on Fourth Street last week. □ The madame of the call house certainly looked like a lady to me …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • call house — noun Date: 1929 a house or apartment where call girls may be procured …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • call house — 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. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

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  • call girl —    a prostitute    Originally operating from a call house, but the name became more applicable to those summoned by telephone:     A low church missionary who was discovered as being the business manager of a ring of syphilitic call girls.… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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