Crossword clues for bordello
bordello
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bordel \Bor"del\, Bordello \Bor*del"lo\, n. [F. bordel, orig. a
little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin
to E. board,n.See. Board, n.]
A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.
[Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster] ||
Bordello \Bor"del*lo\, n. a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.
Syn: whorehouse, whore house, brothel, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, bawdy house, cathouse, sporting house.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, bordel "house of prostitution," from Old French bordel "small hut, cabin; brothel" (12c.), diminutive of borde "hut made of planks," from Frankish *bord "wooden board" or some other Germanic source related to board (n.1). The modern form is a result of the French word being borrowed by Italian then passed back to French with a suffix and re-borrowed into English in its current form by 1590s.
Wiktionary
n. A brothel
WordNet
n. a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house]
Usage examples of "bordello".
Anyway, Moore has discovered that the Tong is playing along because the Prussian cartel is providing them with a controlling interest in a bordello being operated here in San Francisco for very rich and powerful white clients.
The cartel considered him adequate for paying Smith his bribes, and for balancing the ledgers at that bordello I mentioned, but Moore found out that cartel headquarters in Prussia considered their man not cutthroat enough to handle the next phase of their plan to crush us.
Muscat, the madam of the bordello, had her own method of recruiting what she considered the right sort of girls.
Jessie wondered what might happen to the poor girls already trapped into the bordello by Mrs.
Jessie in any of the rooms, he would have to enter the bordello, start at the top, and then work his way down until he did find her.
The scandal had put the house off limits to the wealthy clientele who had frequented the bordello and enjoyed its pleasures.
He was plainly familiar with the near-dockyard bordello, which led Erik to suspect that he wasor had beenan officer of the Venetian fleet.
Madame Bellaire had fled before she could be arrested, presumably leaving the bordello to her partner, but its sale would not have produced a fortune.
Seeing a fully clothed woman carrying a sword in a Nuevo Rio bordello must be a huge shock.
Teaser had rented adjoining rooms at an expensive bordello and trolled the Den.
Then he went back to the Den, removed most of his possessions from the room he rented in the bordello, and moved into the cottage.
Philo came back with a basket, Sebastian took his leave and strode to the bordello, watching the street, watching the people.
Meals at the bordello had been another way of trolling or were part of the seduction.
A place like the bordello would just reduce the rent on your room for their share.
I sure would like a chance at one of the fancy bordellos they have out there.