sponging house (0 synonym found)

Definition of sponging house:

(n) : Alternative form of sponging-house. [(historical) 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.]

Definition of sponging house:

(n) : Alternative form of sponging-house. [(historical) 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.]

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