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A brothel.
Etymology: Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
See also: Abbess, Bordello, Brothel, Nun, Whorehouse
Etymology: Since the Elizabethan era, nun has been slang for a prostitute (ref. William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"), and a nunnery referred to a brothel.
See also: Abbess, Bordello, Brothel, Nun, Whorehouse
"Polly Adler, in her memoir 'A House is Not a Home,' tells of her time as the abbess of the Big Town's poshest nunnery."
Walter Winchell, 1953
Walter Winchell, 1953
by Twathenge April 10, 2006
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by ecogoth December 30, 2020
5
1: Slang term for convent; itz wea da nun's crib at.
2: The act of living your life in poverty, chastity and obedience. To act like a nun.
2: The act of living your life in poverty, chastity and obedience. To act like a nun.
by pat (as in the onomatopoeia) July 11, 2005
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a) (antiquated meaning): the female version of a monastery
b) (new and improved meaning): a coolidiculous name for a place where all north american girls who are virgin past age 20 regularly gather and socialize
b) (new and improved meaning): a coolidiculous name for a place where all north american girls who are virgin past age 20 regularly gather and socialize
since yolo and yodo are concepts relevant to modern north america, a nunnery under definition b) might also be a place where the women "serve a life sentence" for the simple "crime" of "being virgin past age 20"
by sexydimma February 19, 2021