What does molly-house mean?
Molly-house means Alternative form of molly house..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of molly house..
On the other hand, at least one man believed the story and said that his fellow neighbors had stopped going to Whide's when they heard that he kept a molly-house.
While an established molly-house such as Mother Clap's served as many as forty men on any given night and provided a back room for more illicit activities, a molly-house could be as informal as someone's private room in an otherwise 'straight' public house.
On one occasion, Partridge was nearly mobbed in a molly-house when some men called him a 'treacherous, blowing-up, mollying bitch, and swore they'd massacre anybody that should betray them.'
Use molly-house when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Molly-house means Alternative form of molly house..
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On the other hand, at least one man believed the story and said that his fellow neighbors had stopped going to Whide's when they heard that he kept a molly-house.
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