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Brothel   /brˈɑθəl/   Listen
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Brothel  n.  A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.






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"Brothel" Quotes from Famous Books



... fortnight during Frederick Augustus' sojourn here, and, like the French Countess who fell in love with the strong man of the circus, I am disappointed. Frederick Augustus considers my tractability carte blanche to carry into the boudoir of an Imperial Princess the license of the brothel. He treats me like a kept-woman—all with the utmost good-nature. I am called names such as the other Augustus bestowed on the mothers of his three hundred and fifty-two, and I daren't remind him that some day I'll ...
— Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess • Henry W. Fischer

... Sing thought it expedient to farm this tax,—not only because he neglected no sort of gain, but because he regarded it as no contemptible means of power and influence. Accordingly, in plain terms, he opened a legal brothel, out of which he carefully reserved (you may be sure) the very flower of his collection for the entertainment of his young superiors: ladies recommended not only by personal merit, but, according to the Eastern custom, ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... Pyotr Stepanovitch. Suddenly he took to drinking and gave himself up to a debauchery that exceeded all bounds, like a man who had lost all reason and understanding of his position. He was arrested in Petersburg drunk in a brothel. There is a rumour that he has not by any means lost heart, that he tells lies in his evidence and is preparing for the approaching trial hopefully (?) and, as it were, triumphantly. He even intends to make ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... that it's a delightful and enlivening melange of high class fun and frolic. To be sure, I can praise a fine performance like 'Kindling' or 'The Servant in the House,' but I've got to give just as clean a bill of health to a gutter-and-brothel farce. Otherwise, the high-minded gentlemen that run our theaters will cut off ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... Earl John would from Prince Richard fly! Thou meet a lion in field? poor mouse, All thy careers are in a brothel house. ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various


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