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brothel

[ broth-uhl, broth-, braw-thuhl, -thuhl ]

noun

  1. a house of prostitution.


brothel

/ ˈɒθə /

noun

  1. a house or other place where men pay to have sexual intercourse with prostitutes
  2. informal.
    any untidy or messy place
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzٳı· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brothel1

First recorded in 1350–1400, for an earlier sense; short for brothel-house “wǰdzܲ”; Middle English brothel “harlot,” originally, “worthless person,” from broth- (past participle stem of brethen, Old English ŧdzٳ󲹲 “to decay, degenerate”) + -el, noun suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brothel1

C16: short for brothel-house , from C14 brothel useless person, from Old English ŧdzٳ󲹲 to deteriorate; related to briethel worthless
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Those who do have criminal records include migrants with arrests on charges ranging from murder, fentanyl trafficking and kidnapping to home invasion and operating a gang-run brothel, according to the Trump administration.

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On his time as chief whip, Hart's book contains anonymised and shocking stories of MPs in various compromising positions - including accounts of sexual harassment and visits to brothels.

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It quickly became apparent that the flat was being used as a brothel and the only witness to the brutal murder was a young Chinese woman who had hid from the killer.

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Four years later, after marrying the owner of a bar, she became the madam of a brothel – a job she only gave up recently, to look after her nieces in the city.

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Ventura County sheriff’s detectives arrested a woman who they say operated brothels disguised as spas.

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