mensch

An upstanding, worthy, honorable adult person of either sex. Fr. German and Yiddish for "human being." Cf. Chinese jin, literally "man" but with similar meaning.

Be a mensch! Admit your mistake and make things good.

house of ill repute

Euphemism for a whorehouse, bordello, brothel, also house of ill fame. See cathouse.

A "professor" sells snake oil at a carnival, or plays piano in a house of ill repute.

mulatress

Female offspring of a white and a black. Fem. of mulatto

The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's daughter (by the family maid) is a mulatress.

house of ill fame

Whorehouse, brothel, bordello, house of ill reute, cathouse.

Ken Starr thought Clinton turned the White House into a house of ill fame.