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Brothel   /brˈɑθəl/   Listen
Brothel

noun
1.
A building where prostitutes are available.  Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse.



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"Brothel" Quotes from Famous Books



... despairing hearts to hearts that are monstrous. Manon through the infinite sends to Cartouche a smile ineffable as that with which Everallin entranced Fingal. From one pole of misery to the other, from one gehenna to another, from the galleys to the brothel, tenebrous mouths wildly exchange the kiss ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo

... all the higher striving for the good and noble and true, the color-line comes to separate natural friends and coworkers; while at the bottom of the social group, in the saloon, the gambling-hell, and the brothel, that same line wavers ...
— The Souls of Black Folk • W. E. B. Du Bois

... Turtle was fortified, and colonists, consisting of men of doubtful character and women of whose character there could be no doubt whatever, began pouring in upon the island, for it was said that the buccaneers thought no more of a doubloon than of a Lima bean, so that this was the place for the brothel and the brandy shop to reap their golden harvest, and the island ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle

... saga-like magnitude. There we find the bold and fearless smuggler Chelkash, in the story of that name. Now it is the brazen, wanton, devoted Malva, who prefers the grown man to the inexperienced youth. Anon, the red Vaska, boots and janitor of the brothel. And there are numbers of other ...
— Maxim Gorki • Hans Ostwald



Words linked to "Brothel" :   building, edifice, massage parlor



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