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Sporting house   /spˈɔrtɪŋ haʊs/   Listen
Sporting house

noun
1.
A building where prostitutes are available.  Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, whorehouse.






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"Sporting house" Quotes from Famous Books



... large diamond was blazing from his shirt front. He was sitting beside one of the deacons. As I looked at him as I preached, I thought to myself, "That man is a sporting man, and Deacon Young has been fishing to-day." It turned out that I was right. The man was the son of a woman who kept a sporting house in a Western city. I think he had never been in a Protestant service before. Deacon Young had got hold of him that day on the street and brought him to the meeting. As I preached the man's eyes were riveted upon ...
— The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit • R. A. Torrey



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