Bloodhouse

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building where violent, bloody brawls are common.

    "‘[…]Not,’ she elaborated with ponderous wistfulness, ‘that I don’t enjoy an occasional slumming expedition to the bloodhouses. Graham won’t use a bar that isn’t full of men in grubby singlets;[…]’"

Example

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"‘[…]Not,’ she elaborated with ponderous wistfulness, ‘that I don’t enjoy an occasional slumming expedition to the bloodhouses. Graham won’t use a bar that isn’t full of men in grubby singlets;[…]’"

Etymology

From blood + house.

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