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
Petros-Greek, Armenian, Biblical Greek
VilleVEEL-le (Finnish)Finnish, Swedish
Dragoslava-Serbian, Medieval Slavic
KayceeKAY-seeEnglish (Modern)
Theresete-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Joachimzho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend