knocking-shop

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• knocking shop — noun Etymology: from gerund of knock “to copulate with”, from knock (I) slang Britain : brothel * * * knockˈing shop or knocking shop noun (slang) A brothel …   Useful english dictionary

• knocking-shop —    a brothel    Derived from the obsolete knock but still a common usage:     At the fifth knocking shop, I struck pure gold. (Fraser, 1971: the gold was figurative he had found a bawd to hide him)    Formerly also as knocking house, knocking… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• knocking-shop — knockˈing shop or knocking shop noun (slang) A brothel • • • Main Entry: ↑knock …   Useful english dictionary

• knocking shop — n British a brothel. A popular light hearted term now used to refer to a seducer s lair or any scene of promiscuity, as well as to a genuine bordello. The euphemism was recorded with the latter meaning in the mid 19th century. ► Life here was… …   Contemporary slang

• knocking shop — /ˈnɒkɪŋ ʃɒp/ (say noking shop) noun Colloquial a brothel. Also, knock shop. {from obsolete sense of knock to have sexual intercourse} …  

• knocking shop — noun Brothel. Always reminds me of one of the costlier knocking shops, you know Maison Japonaise …   Wiktionary

• knocking shop — • brothel …   Londonisms dictionary

• knocking shop — noun Brit. informal a brothel …   English new terms dictionary

• knocking shop — Noun. A brothel …   English slang and colloquialisms

• (a) knocking shop — British, very informal, Australian, very informal a place where men pay to have sex with women. People say it s a knocking shop but I ve never seen anything going on …   New idioms dictionary

• knocking —  Criticism, knocking shop Brothel …   A concise dictionary of English slang