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hookshop

noun

Etymology

hook + shop

  1. inherited from *skub-✻
  2. inherited from *skupp-✻
  3. inherited from sċoppa — “shed; booth; stall; shop”
  4. inherited from shoppe
  5. compounded as hookshop — “hook + shop”

Definitions

  1. A brothel.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA