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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
whore-house

early 14c., from whore (n.) + house (n.). Sometimes translating Latin lupanaria. Obsolete from c.1700, revived early 20c. in American English.

Usage examples of "whore-house".

I took a prowl through it, and thanked God I wasn't staying there, for while it was bustling enough and like to spread and prosper, it was still rough and ready, with streets awash with mud and slush, touts and roughs and sharps abounding, and the grog-shops and whore-houses open day and night.