Prostibule

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A brothel. rare

    "As a result, the viewer is again introduced in the prostibule by the woman on the left pulling the curtain aside, is welcomed in by the girls with raised arms, and is led out through the back entrance, from which a woman peeks in."

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"As a result, the viewer is again introduced in the prostibule by the woman on the left pulling the curtain aside, is welcomed in by the girls with raised arms, and is led out through the back entrance, from which a woman peeks in."

Etymology

Derived from Latin prostibulum.

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