DCHP-3

hurdy(-gurdy) house

West, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a low-class dance hall where dancing-partners could be hired.

See: hurdy-gurdy(def. 2)

Quotations

1873
It was not a hurdy-house; music and dancing were both wanting.
1955
Freighting . . . was a series of dull assignments, broken only by infrequent visits to the saloons and hurdy-gurdy houses of Benton, Macleod, and Calgary.