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place of sixpenny sinfulness:
Or: place-of-sixpence-sinfulness , 19 th century British usage for a brothel . See brothel for synonyms.QUOTE: Thomas Dekker in Westward Hoe (1607): ' Go sail with the rest of your bawdy traffickers to the place of sixpenny sinfulness .'
See Also: place of sixpence sinfulness, place of sixpenny sinfulness
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