English

Alternative forms

• knocking-shop

Noun

knocking shop ‎(plural knocking shops)

1. (chiefly Britain, slang) Brothel.
   • 1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, "Epilogue":

     Always reminds me of one of the costlier knocking-shops, you know—"Maison Japonaise".

   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Bloody nonsense, "All come together"... Sounds like the motto of a knocking shop in Marrakesh.