panel house

noun

1. a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of panel house¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., to be on the panel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected them, citing the fact that both men sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Donald Trump's favor.

From Salon

A panel House legislators advanced a bill Monday that fulfills a pledge by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to create an “opportunity scholarship” that eliminated tuition costs for as many as 55,000 students.

From Washington Times

Currently, there are chair vacancies for Idaho’s powerful joint-budget setting committee, House education panel, House local government panel, House environmental and energy panel, and both the Senate and House state affairs committees due to either incumbents retiring or losing their elected positions.

From Seattle Times

The word itself is a colloquial expression in Czech and Slovak, with roots in both languages’ more technical compound term for “panel house”: Prestressed and prefabricated, panelaks were rapidly assembled and cheaply built to solve a post-World War II housing crisis.

From New York Times

She praised her colleagues on the panel — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut — for pursuing policy changes to give women “a fair shot.”

From Los Angeles Times