mollie-house

English

Noun

mollie-house (plural mollie-houses)

1. Alternative form of molly house
   • 2002, William G. Naphy, Sex crimes: from Renaissance to Enlightenment, page 102:

     In 1726 a raid on mollie-houses in London resulted in twenty places being discovered.

   • 2015, Hannah March, A Distinction of Blood:

     After what Kate Little had told him, he had gone to the mollie-house tonight half-convinced that he would find Lawrence at the root of it all – a desperate and manipulated figure, perhaps, but guilty nonetheless.

   • 2019, V.B. Kildaire, The Bastard's World:

     That was very encouraging, indeed, since the only time Matthias had considered leaving his study after his. return to London was to attend the theater or visit a mollie-house.