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Dictionary Results for sporting house:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sporting house
    n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
         whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of
         prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse,
         cathouse, sporting house]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sporting \Sport"ing\, a.
   Of, pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sports;
   exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that
   which, sports.
   [1913 Webster]

   Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling
      operations, and the like. --C. Kingsley.

   Sporting house, a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers,
      and the like.

   Sporting man, one who practices field sports; also, a horse
      racer, a pugilist, a gambler, or the like.

   Sporting plant (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or
      offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very
      different, character from that of the rest of the plant.
      --Darwin.
      [1913 Webster]

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