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Meanings of
brothel
in English
Russian
публичный дом
Portuguese
prostíbulo
Catalan
casa de mala reputació
Spanish
prostíbulo
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A building where prostitutes are available.
whorehouse
bordello
bagnio
cathouse
house of prostitution
house of ill repute
bawdyhouse
sporting house
maison de joie
Russian
публичный дом
Synonyms
Examples for "
whorehouse
"
whorehouse
bordello
bagnio
cathouse
house of prostitution
Examples for "
whorehouse
"
1
It's a very beautiful place, but it's not a
whorehouse
,
he says.
2
Anyone caught hanging around in a
whorehouse
,
he thought, deserved exactly this.
3
Did you go to the Greek
whorehouse
they set up in Cyrene?
4
They had probably gone straight to the
whorehouse
next door, he concluded.
5
Keys to the warehouse, keys to the greenhouse, keys to the
whorehouse
.
1
Inside, it's a cross between a
bordello
and a natural history museum.
2
One day, she decided to visit a
bordello
on her lunch break.
3
At age 15 he began playing ragtime piano in a Baltimore
bordello
.
4
It's much nicer than that tacky
bordello
where we have to interact.
5
In its ambience it is closer to a
bordello
than a nunnery.
1
Check every bawdy house,
bagnio
,
Blind Tiger, and frab-joint in the city.
2
Gone, perhaps, to attend the
bagnio
pander, grown rich by his extravagance.
3
They are fit for a
bagnio
rather than a public exhibition.
4
In a word, it is the aristocracy of the
bagnio
.
5
Yet again, he was a little sick of the women of the streets and the
bagnio
.
1
And I tell the po-lice the Night of Joy a glorify
cathouse
.
2
I'm sorry, I should've said so first thing-itwasn't a
cathouse
or anything.
3
I was drinking in a
cathouse
when I heard about the Ais Maraxa.
4
Wiring a girl's room in a
cathouse
was a big laugh.
5
The current Bastarache hadn't a clue the place was being used as a
cathouse
.
1
Which its a series that takes place in a
house
of
prostitution
in Nevada.
2
He had become disgusted with his role as landlord for a
house
of
prostitution
.
3
Let us take every saloon, every
house
of
prostitution
of men and women for God.
4
The royal palace was a
house
of
prostitution
.
5
The duo explained they were interested in formulating a cable series based in a
house
of
prostitution
…
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1
The dreadful spectacle of Aileen in a
house
of
ill
repute
burned in his brain.
2
That night, under a full moon, the men sauntered over to the
house
of
ill
repute
.
3
These uptown
houses
of
ill
repute
had discreet name plates: Fifi, or Madame Bettina.
4
There were gambling
houses
of
ill
repute
,
an open court for cockfighting, and other pastimes.
5
He discovered her in
houses
of
ill
repute
.
1
Forbidding gambling, like the attempt to close the
bawdyhouses
,
however-notto mention hopes for the Catholic cause in Europe-waswishing for the sky.
1
He's all for sport and such like, and 'The Tiger's' a very
sporting
house
.
2
Oh-youmean a-a
sporting
house
.
3
"So did you ask Tresjolie for a line of credit at her
sporting
house
?
"
Tawny asked when Surplus reported his adventure to his confederates.
1
After closing her
maison
de
joie
she ceased to be "bonne camarade et bonne fille" in the tough de tough quarter of the Judean metropolis.
Usage of
brothel
in English
1
The boudoir in the palace answered to the
brothel
in the barracks.
2
Women are bought and sold in nearly every
brothel
in the place.
3
It might have taken us years to find this
brothel
without you.
4
A
brothel
representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
5
I just said I could get you a job in a
brothel
.
6
It was one of six times she appeared in court for
brothel
-
keeping
.
7
Your petition read as if it had been written in a
brothel
.
8
Charlie is a cockatiel whose early years were spent in a
brothel
.
9
But why would someone choose a cold pavement over a warm
brothel
?
10
A plumber who came to fix it described scenes of a
brothel
.
11
You may see them vomiting in every alley, squabbling at every
brothel
.
12
He would be tortured and Beth would get sent to the
brothel
.
13
Writer and actor preview 'Famous Flora' play about 1940's Auckland
brothel
Madame.
14
It was not just Capeville and the
brothel
in which she worked.
15
That
brothel
where we met, did you take it for a sept?
16
You see, I've come here to spend the day in a
brothel
.
Other examples for "brothel"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
brothel
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
run a brothel
former brothel
suspect brothel
convict brothel
famous brothel
More collocations
Translations for
brothel
Russian
публичный дом
блудилище
дома терпимости
бордель
дом терпимости
Portuguese
prostíbulo
puteiro
lupanar
casa de alterne
bordel
alcoice
casa de prostituição
alcouce
Catalan
casa de mala reputació
casa de putes
bordell
puticlub
casa de barrets
prostíbul
Spanish
prostíbulo
prostibulo
lupanar
prostibulario
mancebia
puti-club
burdel
mancebía
prostíbulos
prostibulos
puticlub
casa de citas
whiskería
whiskeria
Brothel
through the time
Brothel
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common