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sporting house
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Sporting house
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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sporting house
(wn) | 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] |
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