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the district is infamous for its brothels and drug dealers
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How he was offed: Arya steals a face from the Hall of Faces and stabs him repeatedly in a Braavosi brothel.
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As many as 15,000 diggers descended on Bisie, as the site is known, in 2008 when tin prices soared to more than $25,000 a metric ton, creating a clapboard town complete with bars, money lenders and brothels.
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The brothel drama, which stars Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay and is set in 18th century Georgian London, will return for season two in 2018.
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Historian John Schneider counted 12 major incidents in which at least 17 brothels were destroyed or badly damaged.
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Since his separation from Princess Caroline in 2009, he has been seen with several young women, including a former nightclub dancer from Romania who modeled for brothels in Austria in 2010.
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Specifically, a mob-connected, smartass brothel owner is battling with a local politician.
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Scenes in which exposition is delivered in one brothel or another, for example, have been pared back.
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For one thing, the former Miami Heat center’s hard-partying ways almost killed him two years ago when he was found unconscious in a Las Vegas brothel.
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Origin and Etymology of brothel
Middle English, worthless fellow, prostitute, from brothen, past participle of brethen to waste away, go to ruin, from Old English brēothan to waste away; akin to Old English brēotan to break — more at brittle
brothel Synonyms
Synonyms
bagnio, bawdy house, bordello, cathouse, disorderly house, sporting house, stew, whorehouseRelated Words
call house, crib; massage parlor; harem, seraglioBROTHEL Defined for English Language Learners
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