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place of sixpence sinfulness
Definition
Or: place of sixpenny sinfulness , 19 th century British usage for a brothel. See brothel for synonyms.QUOTE: Thomas Dekker in Westward Hoe (1607): ' Go sail with the rest of your bawdy traffickers to the place of sixpenny sinfulness.'
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