leaping house

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Definition of leaping house in English English dictionary

A brothel

In the late sixteenth century, the word nunnery also came to mean brothel. . . . Around the same time, the synonymous leaping-house also emerged, which anticipated the eighteenth-century terms vaulting-school and pushing-school, all implying vigorous acts of sex.

Alternative spelling of leaping house

Hyphenation

leap·ing House

Turkish pronunciation

lipîng haus

Pronunciation

/ˈlēpəɴɢ ˈhous/ /ˈliːpɪŋ ˈhaʊs/