| 单词 | hurdy-gurdy house |
| 释义 | > as lemmashurdy-gurdy house hurdy-gurdy house n. North American History a disreputable type of cheap dance-hall. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > place for dancing > [noun] > public dance hall > types of dance-cellar1855 hurdy-gurdy house1866 bal musette1926 disco1957 discotheque1960 roller disco1978 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > rendezvous for prostitutes or homosexuals > dance hall hurdy-gurdy house1866 1866 Beadle's Monthly Oct. 280/1 Hurdy-gurdy houses, with dancing~girls, music, and long bars. 1874 T. B. Aldrich Prudence Palfrey vii. 115 At sundown the dance-house would open,—the Hurdy-Gurdy House, as it was called. 1955 P. F. Sharp Whoop-up Country 192 The saloons and hurdy~gurdy houses of Benton, Macleod, and Calgary. < as lemmas |
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