house of ill fame

Related to house of ill fame: house of ill repute
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house of ill fame

A brothel or house of prostitution. Though obviously in decline in recent years, houses of ill fame can still be found in the seedier parts of the city.
See also: fame, house, ill, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hook shop
  • vaulting school
  • call house
  • for good or ill
  • house of ill repute
  • repute
  • be taken ill
  • fall ill
  • madam
References in periodicals archive
On the evening of Thursday 28 April, 1842, Elizabeth Smith, who was said to run a 'house of ill fame' off Preston Street, went out to buy a candle.