Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A house of prostitution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as bordel. B. Jonson; Milton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brothel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bordello is run by sultry vampire women who feast on their customers and use their profits to fund a corrupt religious organization run by Chris Sarandon, none other than "Princess Bride" villain Prince Humperdink himself.
Sink Your Teeth Into ‘Bordello Of Blood’ In Today’s Sick Day Stash! » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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The British literary bordello is heaving with flabby novels; it's time to give back some love to the story.
Archive 2005-08-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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A new restaurant and bar has opened, Mechicano, which looks like a red bordello from the sidewalk but which is a fun spot with live music many nights as well.
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The British literary bordello is heaving with flabby novels; it's time to give back some love to the story.
The Goddess of the Literary Bordello Sharon Bakar 2005
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Indeed, they held her in deep respect and affection, and I gathered that being bought for her bordello was a matter of close competition among the Orleans fancies, and about as difficult as getting into the Household Brigade.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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It has been lovingly characterized as boasting the fuzzy, lush decor of a 1970s German bordello, which is both true and misleading.
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Indeed, they held her in deep respect and affection, and I gathered that being bought for her bordello was a matter of close competition among the Orleans fancies, and about as difficult as getting into the Household Brigade.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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Indeed, they held her in deep respect and affection, and I gathered that being bought for her bordello was a matter of close competition among the Orleans fancies, and about as difficult as getting into the Household Brigade.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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And what they currently find there might best be described as a bordello of indeterminate purpose: everything from shopping tips to a discussion on the deeply important subject of "vibrators: friend or foe?"
CNET News.com 2010
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When his teenage daughter, in Season 3 being raised by Hank in California while her mother takes a job in New York tells him she lives in a "bordello," all he can do is nod, agree, and apologize.
Jill Di Donato: Tune in and Step Right up... It's the Man With Two Faces Jill Di Donato 2010
misterpolly commented on the word bordello
Italian for brothel. Now commonly used in Italy to mean:
either a lot of something
or a mess.
Same can be said of its synonym "casino" (not casinò).
February 5, 2008