no-tell motel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Suggesting that the encounters will be kept private. Chosen for the rhyme.
Meanings
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(slang) A love hotel; a motel where brief sexual encounters are sanctioned.
There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.
2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| no-tell motels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
love hotel · no-tell hotel · maison de passe · motel · no-tell motel · hot-sheet motel · no-tell hotel · autohotel · fast sheet · hot-sheet motel