bordello

noun

bor·del·lo bȯr-ˈde-(ˌ)lō

plural bordellos

Synonyms of bordello next

: a business establishment where sex workers are available for hire : brothel

Port Townsend was a bawdy seaport in the late 19th century, its saloons and bordellos packed with rowdy sailors whose ships docked here to clear customs before sailing into Puget Sound.—

Sharon Boorstin

Examples of bordello in a Sentence

the cabdriver offered to show me where he claimed the most infamous bordello in town used to be

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Some Russians set up a bordello down in the industrial area, and everybody knew about it. —

Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 The Red Garter Inn The Red Garter Inn is a bed and breakfast in a 100-year-old Victorian Romanesque building that formerly housed a saloon and bordello. —

Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024 To get a taste, stay at the Red Garter Inn, a former saloon and bordello built in 1897. —

Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024 Louis is no longer a white Louisiana plantation owner discovered by Lestat in the 1790s, but a Black New Orleans bordello owner in the 1910s. —

Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for bordello