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sponging house

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Definition of sponging house

: a house usually maintained by a bailiff for keeping debtors for a day to afford opportunity to come to terms with their creditors

History and Etymology for sponging house

sponging (gerund of sponge entry 2) + house; from the extortionate charges made there for food and lodging

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