KNOCKING SHOP meaning: Brothel, establishment for paid sex - OneLook

Usually means: Brothel, establishment for paid sex.

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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word knocking shop:

General (6 matching dictionaries)

knocking shop: Merriam-Webster
knocking shop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
knocking-shop, knocking-shop: Collins English Dictionary
knocking-shop: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
knocking-shop, knocking shop: Wiktionary
knocking-shop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

knocking shop: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
knocking shop: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knocking shop)

▸ noun: (chiefly Australia, British, New Zealand, slang) A brothel.

Similar:

knocking-shop, knock shop, knock-shop, kip-shop, fuckshop, nanny shop, copshop, slap-bang shop, trugging-house, knocker, more...

Opposite:

legitimate business

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Similar:

knocking-shop, knock shop, knock-shop, kip-shop, fuckshop, nanny shop, copshop, slap-bang shop, trugging-house, knocker, more...

Opposite:

legitimate business

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