Usually means: Brothel, establishment for paid sex.
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  1. knocking-shop, knocking-shop: Collins English Dictionary
  2. knocking-shop: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. knocking-shop: Wiktionary
  4. knocking-shop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knocking-shop: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Knocking-shop)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of knocking shop [(chiefly Australia, British, New Zealand, slang) A brothel.]

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copshop, slopshop, potshop, book shop, pawn shop, shoeshop, toy shop, bucketshop, tallyshop, smartshop, more...

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copshop, slopshop, potshop, book shop, pawn shop, shoeshop, toy shop, bucketshop, tallyshop, smartshop, more...



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