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cribhouse

n. (context US dated English) A brothel.

Usage examples of "cribhouse".

Their mothers could be heard inside the dilapidated cribhouses they called home, often as not shouting in ear-bending tones at someone too drunk to respond.

Their mothers could be heard inside the dilapĀ­idated cribhouses they called home, often as not shouting in ear-bending tones at someone too drunk to respond.