What does "hothouse" mean?
Hothouse: A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3.(Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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