or flesh-shambles, subs. (common).—A brothel or FLASH-HOUSE (q.v.); also the pavement, in Piccadilly or Regent-street, for instance, where whores do congregate. Cf., MEATMARKET.
1608. JOHN DAY, Humour out of Breath, ii.
| Asp. … She may bee well discended; if shee be, | |
| Shee’s fit for loue, and why not then for me. [Exeunt.] | |
| Boy. And you be not fitted in Venice tis straunge, for tis counted the best FLESH-SHAMBLES in Italie. |
