spunging-house

Vanity is the perfection of a fop. My husband had this excellence, that he valued nothing of expense; and as his history, you may be sure, has very little weight in it, 'tis enough to tell you that in about two years and a quarter he broke, and was not so happy to get over into the Mint, but got into a spunging-house', being arrested in an action too heavy from him to give bail to, so he sent for me to come to him.