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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astrology, the house ruled by a planet by day.
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The establishment has its "runners" and "ropers in," like the night houses, who are paid a percentage on the winnings from their victims, and the proprietor of the day-house is generally the owner of a night-house higher up town.
The Secrets of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
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