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sponging-house

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
spong-ing--house
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

sponging-houses (plural) spunging-house (alternative, archaic)

Questions

What does sponging-house mean?
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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