blood-house

blood-house
n
Australian
a squalid, disreputable establishment, usually a bar, pub, cafe or hotel. The term probably arose in the 19th cen-tury. An East London theatre specialis-ing in gory melodramas was nicknamed 'The Blood-hole' in the late 1800s.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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