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brothel

[broth-uhl, broth-, braw-thuhl, -thuhl] / ˈbrɒθ əl, ˈbrɒð-, ˈbrɔ θəl, -ðəl /


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He played queens, courtesans, goddesses and brothel madams with a studied grace.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

He’s penned several children’s books and a novella called “The Legend of Diddley Squatt,” loosely inspired by the life of the late comedian Richard Pryor, who grew up in a brothel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

How did you approach the different Louises: the brothel owner, the legit businessman, the centenarian?

From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022

In the show, Louis is a Creole brothel owner who travels in white circles, lamenting in the pilot that he can’t be an “openly gay Negro man.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

The sept tempted him no more than the brothel; his own gods kept their temples in the wild places, where the weirwoods spread their bone-white branches.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Bars, brothels, warehouses and religious missions grew around the buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

Starting this weekend, brothels and bars will have earlier closing times and a ban on smoking cannabis on the streets in and around the Red Light District comes into force in May.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023

That is a contrast with his father, Yohei Kono, the chief cabinet secretary who authored a landmark apology in 1993 to "comfort women," a euphemism for those forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021

The Tabor Opera House quickly grabbed the attention of a bustling, rowdy city full of competing theaters, saloons and brothels.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

He did everything in his power to abolish slavery as slavery, not simply to abolish slavery when unconnected with brothels.

From Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew


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