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词汇 bloodhouse
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Definition of bloodhouse in English:

bloodhouse

nounˈblʌdhaʊs
Australian, NZ informal
  • A bar or hotel noted for violence and disorder.

    the original hotel was a bloodhouse of the traditional kind
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hotel dates back to 1918, and during its lifetime was known as the Bloodhouse, due to the extreme violence often on show within.
    • They avoid the local bloodhouse in favour of a more salubrious drinking hole.
    • We established a regular Friday-night gig at a rock 'n' roll bloodhouse in Victoria Street.
    • It's good to see they're giving a notorious bloodhouse a fresh start.
    • She and the children moved into the hotel, a gold-rush–era bloodhouse that still had the old stables out the back where thirsty prospectors would tether their horses.
    • The review was titled “From Bloodhouse to Smart Restaurant”.
    • A single-storey hotel on the north side of the tracks, it had a reputation as a bloodhouse.
    • This London hotel was far, far more salubrious than the bloodhouse of the same name in Sydney, where we had had our start.
    • The old bloodhouse round the corner is now a pub with a bistro.
    • I walked past the old hotel on my way to and from school in the sixties, and it was a six-o'clock swill bloodhouse with all the usual trappings.

Origin

Early 20th century: from blood + house.

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