[Vocabulary] mews

[maiabulela]

What is the meaning of "mews" in:

"He is got a bird nested in a mews just around the corner (laughter)"

What does that mean?

Thanks a lot.

 

[susiedqq]

This sounds like a joke and a play on words:

He's got a bird (girl) nested (established, paying for her rent) in a mews (apartment) around the corner.

 

[5jj]

A mews is a street of small houses/flats that were originally stables

 

[maiabulela]

This sounds like a joke and a play on words:

He's got a bird (girl) nested (established, paying for her rent) in a mews (apartment) around the corner.

Can't thank you enough. That's exactly what suits my context!!!

but what do you mean by "paying for her rent"? I couldnt get that?

Thanks again.

 

[5jj]

but what do you mean by "paying for her rent"? I couldnt get that?

Thanks again.

He is a man of dubious morals who pays the rent on accommodation for a young lady so that he may visit her there in order to receive her gratitude in a way that the moral tone of this forum prevents me from describing in lurid, passionate, breathless, erotic detail.

 

[SoothingDave]

A mews is a street of small houses/flats that were originally stables

This must be a British term, I've never heard it. The only mews I know come from small cats.

 

[Rover_KE]

. . . the moral tone of this forum prevents me from describing in lurid, passionate, breathless, erotic detail.

Do go on, 5jj - I'm not sure I quite understand. . . .

Rover

 

[5jj]

Do go on, 5jj - I'm not sure I quite understand. . .

I'm quite sure you do, ;-).

 

[susiedqq]

She is a "kept woman," a term to describe when a man pays for her rent, food, and clothing in exchange for companionship or sexual favors.

 

[5jj]

So now you know, Rover.

 

[Rover_KE]

 

[Rover_KE]

So now you know, Rover.

I was hoping for more details.

 

[Barb_D]

Oh heavens. Do I have to put on my stern moderator hat?

Boys! Stop it!

(Just E-MAIL me the prurient details.)