knocking shop



knocking shop

A brothel. Primarily heard in UK. Everyone knows that old tavern used to be a knocking shop.
See also: knock, shop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RÓZa-Hungarian
Gunter-German
LindsayLINDZ-eeEnglish, Scottish
Karolinakah-raw-LEE-nah (Polish), kah-ro-LEE-nah (Swedish, German)Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, German
Steinar-Norwegian
Hagen (2)-Danish