as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available
the cabdriver offered to show me where he claimed the most infamous bordello in town used to be
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Liquor of every ferocity and quality lasted as long as the money held out, and bordellos were a way station on wild nights on the town.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Some Russians set up a bordello down in the industrial area, and everybody knew about it.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The Red Garter Inn The Red Garter Inn is a bed and breakfast in a 100-year-old Victorian Romanesque building that formerly housed a saloon and bordello.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
To get a taste, stay at the Red Garter Inn, a former saloon and bordello built in 1897.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Some Russians set up a bordello down in the industrial area, and everybody knew about it.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The Red Garter Inn The Red Garter Inn is a bed and breakfast in a 100-year-old Victorian Romanesque building that formerly housed a saloon and bordello.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
To get a taste, stay at the Red Garter Inn, a former saloon and bordello built in 1897.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
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“Bordello.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordello. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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