单词 | coney burrow |
释义 | coney burrow/ˈkəʊni ˌbʌrəʊ/noun 1A rabbit burrow. Also; a number of these together, a rabbit warren. 2 Derogatory. A place in which prostitutes are housed; a brothel. rare (now historical ).
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in George Gascoigne (d. 1577), author and soldier. Partly from coney + burrow, and partly from coney + berry. |
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