sponging-house

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtor's prison. historical
    — she perswaded the Creditors to send Two Bayliffs, who carry'd me to a Spunging-House in a very weak Condition […]

词形变化

sponging-houses plural
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