Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a lodging house.

1662		N. Breton Strange Newes in Grosart (1879) II 10/2: In a country village called Lobkin the large, there dealt a plain dealing man.
c.1786		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Lobkin a House to lie in, also a Lodging.
1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.