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knocking-shop

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knocking-shop
n
Brit a slang word for brothel
Translations
knocking-shop [ˈnɒkɪŋʃɒp] Ncasa f de putas


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Because Knocking-Shop Crescent sounds slightly less ridiculous.
Knock lives on, both in British knocking-shop and American knock-up, the latter famously validating Wilde's dictum of two countries separated by the same language.
And, in recent times, China has actually connived at turning the capital Lhasa - once known as the Forbidden City - into a seedy knocking-shop, servicing its imported workers and soldiers.
 
 
 
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