bloodhouse
/ˈblʌdhaʊs/noun Australian /NZ informal
A bar or hotel noted for violence and disorder: the original hotel was a bloodhouse of the traditional kind...
- The old bloodhouse round the corner is now a pub with a bistro.
- The review was titled “From Bloodhouse to Smart Restaurant”.
- I walked past the old hotel on my way to and from school in the sixties, and it was a six-o'clock swill bloodhouse with all the usual trappings.
Origin
Early 20th century: from blood + house.
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