sporting house

sporting house
1. гостиница для спортсменов

beef house — бойня для крупного рогатого скота

forcing house — помещение для выгонки растений

house telephone — телефон для внутренней связи

sacrament house — ниша для хранения святых даров

back-of-the house — служебные помещения гостиницы

2. амер. игорный дом

stay about the house today — не уходи сегодня далеко от дома

a house deep in the valley — домик, стоящий глубоко в долине

I call this a very good house — по-моему, это прекрасный дом

we want to see over the house — мы хотим осмотреть этот дом

to tap a house — поставить в доме подслушивающие устройства

3. амер. публичный дом

to furnish a house tastefully — обставлять дом со вкусом

to establish oneself in a new house — переехать в новый дом

accomodation house — бордель, дом терпимости, публичный дом

to descry a house in the distance — разглядеть вдалеке дом

the house wore a neglected look — дом выглядел заброшенным

Синонимический ряд:
brothel (noun) bagnio; bawdy house; bordello; brothel; call house; cathouse; crib; disorderly house; fancy house; lupanar; parlor house; seraglio; stew; whorehouse

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • Sporting house — Sporting Sport ing, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. [1913 Webster] {Sporting book}, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sporting house — n. [Old Informal] Informal former ☆ 1. a gambling house ☆ 2. a house of prostitution; brothel …   English World dictionary

  • sporting house — noun a building where prostitutes are available • Syn: ↑whorehouse, ↑brothel, ↑bordello, ↑bagnio, ↑house of prostitution, ↑house of ill repute, ↑bawdyhouse, ↑cathouse …   Useful english dictionary

  • sporting house — A house of ill fame. A house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like, but not necessarily a house kept for unlawful sports or practices …   Black's law dictionary

  • sporting house — An old term for house of prostitution …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • sporting house — noun Date: 1615 bordello …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sporting house — 1. Older Use. a brothel. 2. Archaic. an establishment, as a tavern, inn, or the like, catering to gamblers or sportsmen. [1855 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • sporting house — noun Brothel …   Wiktionary

  • Sporting — Sport ing, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. [1913 Webster] {Sporting book}, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. C.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sporting book — Sporting Sport ing, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. [1913 Webster] {Sporting book}, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sporting man — Sporting Sport ing, a. Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. [1913 Webster] {Sporting book}, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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