subs. (old).A brothel; cf. ABBESS and NUN. See NANNY-HOUSE.GROSE (1785); HALLIWELL (1847).
1821. P. EGAN, Real Life in London, II. 182. Having visited a certain NUNNERY in the precincts of Pall-Mall.
subs. (old).A brothel; cf. ABBESS and NUN. See NANNY-HOUSE.GROSE (1785); HALLIWELL (1847).
1821. P. EGAN, Real Life in London, II. 182. Having visited a certain NUNNERY in the precincts of Pall-Mall.