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Bordello

//bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A brothel.

    "“You know, this house does have a belfry filled with local bats. Maybe Laszlo went up there.” “Oh, so like my darling perverted husband, to sniff out the local bordello immediately upon arrival. [chuckles] Could you take me to the belfry?”"

  2. 2
    a building where prostitutes are available wordnet

Etymology

From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel.

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