English Explanatory Dictionary

sponging-house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

sponging-house sponging-houses
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