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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Recent Examples of bordello
Once an upscale bordello, Shangri-La is housed in a historic ranch overlooking the Pacific, where the Peppers recorded their 12th and 13th studio albums.
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Shaun Fabos, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Nashville Tennessean 0:00 0:58 For consecutive evenings, Sierra Ferrell transformed the Ryman Auditorium into a rollicking bordello and juke joint inhabiting a timeless location on your local astral plane.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 22 Mar. 2024
This one is on Allen Street, a spot that was formerly a bordello, a bar, and a deli.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Shaun Fabos, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Nashville Tennessean 0:00 0:58 For consecutive evenings, Sierra Ferrell transformed the Ryman Auditorium into a rollicking bordello and juke joint inhabiting a timeless location on your local astral plane.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 22 Mar. 2024
This one is on Allen Street, a spot that was formerly a bordello, a bar, and a deli.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordello
brothel
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Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Peter Wan, 42, of San Francisco, faces pimping and pandering charges for allegedly running a brothel on the 5300 block of Iron Horse Parkway.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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“Bordello.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordello. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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