Spunging-house
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of sponging-house. alt-of, alternative
"Vanity is the perfection of a Fop; my Huſband had this Excellence, that he valued nothing of Expence, and as his Hiſtory you may be ſure, has very little vveight in it; 'tis enough to tell you, that in about tvvo Years and a Quarter he Broke, and vvas not ſo happy to get over into the Mint, but got into a Spunging-Houſe, being Arreſted in an action too heavy for him to give Bail to, ſo he ſent for me to come to him."
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More examples"Vanity is the perfection of a Fop; my Huſband had this Excellence, that he valued nothing of Expence, and as his Hiſtory you may be ſure, has very little vveight in it; 'tis enough to tell you, that in about tvvo Years and a Quarter he Broke, and vvas not ſo happy to get over into the Mint, but got into a Spunging-Houſe, being Arreſted in an action too heavy for him to give Bail to, ſo he ſent for me to come to him."
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