fancy house

noun — 2 senses

fancy house

noun
1

Euphemistic A brothel.

  • Turner probably visited Angel regularly. He paid for her fancy house.2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 239:
  • From what I've been able to pry out of her the fancy house customers weren't allowed to hit.2013, Nevada Barr, Burn, →ISBN:
1 more example
  • In turn as Liz's madam, Yolanda continually ran such a clean ship for Liz and made so much money, that she ended up with her own "fancy house".2017, J. B. Fisher, The Blessing of Pequea Sam, →ISBN:
2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, house.

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