Flash house

Flash house
Flash Flash, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. [1913 Webster]

2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. [1913 Webster]

{Flash house}, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. ``A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house.'' --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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