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Meanings of whorehouse in English

Portuguese
prostíbulo
Catalan
casa de mala reputació
Spanish
burdel
Wikidata

A building where prostitutes are available.

prostíbulo
Usage of whorehouse in English
1
It's a very beautiful place, but it's not a whorehouse, he says.
The Irish Times
2
Anyone caught hanging around in a whorehouse, he thought, deserved exactly this.
The lonely polygamist: a novel
3
Did you go to the Greek whorehouse they set up in Cyrene?
The Young Lions
4
They had probably gone straight to the whorehouse next door, he concluded.
Lonesome dove
5
Keys to the warehouse, keys to the greenhouse, keys to the whorehouse.
Complete Books of Blood
6
There isn't an Englishman who's got further than the whorehouse in Bayeux.
The Young Lions
7
That's why you come to get drunk at the whorehouse every night.
Who killed palomino molero?
8
The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously.
East of eden
9
She's allowed in the whorehouse parlor sometimes, I understand, to entertain the gentlemen.
Iron lace
10
I never recalled him mentioning Miss Grace or the whorehouse, however.
Boy’s Life
11
Can't be that hard to find a whorehouse in New York.
Altered carbon
12
You should thank me for getting you out of the whorehouse.
Who killed palomino molero?
13
That's the thanks I get for fishing you out of the whorehouse alive.
Who killed palomino molero?
14
Who would think to look for the Buddha in a whorehouse?
Lord of Light
15
As they passed the whorehouse, they heard music, voices, and laughter.
Who killed palomino molero?
16
Kawahara seemed to have chosen the edge of the world for the whorehouse.
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Translations for whorehouse
Spanish
burdel
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United States of America
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