(UK, slang, obsolete) A public house.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A public house.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US, dated) A brothel.
A dated American slang term for a brothel, specifically one of the lower-end variety where sex workers rented individual small rooms or 'cribs' by the hour or night. The word evokes the cramped, utilitarian nature of such establishments at the turn of the 20th century and appears frequently in historical accounts of red-light districts in cities like New Orleans, San Francisco, and Chicago. It's largely a historical term now, more likely to appear in period fiction than modern conversation.
(British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
(UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory.
(nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.