hook shop

A brothel or house of prostitution. Though obviously in decline in recent years, hook shops can still be found in the seedier parts of the city.

hook shop

n. a brothel. (see also hooker.) There is a secret hook shop over on Maple Street.

See also: hook, shop

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

house of ill fame
sling (one's) hook
sling your hook
vaulting school
sink the hook
call house
hook up
hooked on
hooked on something

References in periodicals archive

Branded Welsh Hook Meat is sold to a number to high-profile markets and customers, including top London stores and restaurants, as well as at its own Welsh Hook shop on the Haverfordwest site and offers a consumer mail order service, headed up by its website www.

WDA backs expansion plans; ORGANIC PRODUCTION: Welsh Hook Meat to invest pounds 300,000 in facility

词组	hook shop
释义	hook shop hook shop A brothel or house of prostitution. Though obviously in decline in recent years, hook shops can still be found in the seedier parts of the city. See also: hook, shop Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hook shop n. a brothel. (see also hooker.) There is a secret hook shop over on Maple Street. See also: hook, shop McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: house of ill fame sling (one's) hook sling your hook vaulting school sink the hook call house hook up hooked on hooked on something References in periodicals archive Branded Welsh Hook Meat is sold to a number to high-profile markets and customers, including top London stores and restaurants, as well as at its own Welsh Hook shop on the Haverfordwest site and offers a consumer mail order service, headed up by its website www. WDA backs expansion plans; ORGANIC PRODUCTION: Welsh Hook Meat to invest pounds 300,000 in facility
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