Definition of "gambling-house" [gambling-house]

• A gaming-house; a house kept for the accommodation of persons who play at games of hazard for stakes. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Here meet all ranks, those of the highest character, and those who have no character to lose; those who by some fortunate accident have become possessed of a few dollars, and those whose mine of wealth lies in the gambling-house — all for the time being on terms of perfect equality."
• "The quarrel originated in a gambling-house, and this"
• "When Howe occupied Philadelphia, Will was said to have made some money keeping a gambling-house with an officer of the dragoons of"