Thesaurus results for BORDELLOS

bordellos

noun

plural of bordello

as in brothels

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 bordellos Houses could be rented for $15 a week and converted into bars, bordellos and gambling dens, with liquor licenses and health certificates optional. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026

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brothels

Noun

Pirates and brothels and casinos once set up camp in Fernandina Beach, the island's harbor town, and even Prohibition didn't shut down the town saloon.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
In the 1830s, for example, thirty-four percent of brothels were within three blocks of a theater.

— Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2026