stew (n.) Old form(s): Stewes
brothel, house of ill-repute
2H4 I.ii.52[Falstaff to Page] An I could get me but a wife in the stews, I were manned, horsed, and wived
Cym I.vii.152[Innogen to Iachimo, of Cymbeline] if he shall think it fit / A saucy stranger in his court to mart / As in a Romish stew
R2 V.iii.16[Percy to King Henry, of Henry's son] he would unto the stews
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