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English
Etymology
From French maison de passe.
Pronunciation
Noun
maison de passe (plural maisons de passe)
- A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 31:Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃ d(ə) pas/, /me.zɔ̃ d(ə) pas/
Noun
maison de passe f (plural maisons de passe)
- (dated) maison de passe, love hotel
- Synonym: maison close