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• Brothel — Broth el, n. [OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. ber[ o][eth]an to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. bre[ o]tan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. {Bordel}.] A house of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brothel — bawdy house, 1590s, shortened from brothel house, from brothel prostitute (late 15c.), earlier vile, worthless person of either sex (14c.), from O.E. broðen pp. of breoðan deteriorate, go to ruin, from P.Gmc. *breuthanan, var. of *breutanan to… …   Etymology dictionary

• brothel-keeping — it is an offence to keep or manage a brothel or knowingly to permit premises or part thereof to be used for such purposes, viz. habitual prostitution: Sexual Offences Act 1956. Similar provisions exist in Scotland under the Sexual Offences… …   Law dictionary

• brothel creeper — noun (informal) A man s soft, usu suede, shoe with thick crêpe sole • • • Main Entry: ↑brothel …   Useful english dictionary

• brothel creepers — ˈbrothel creepers 7 [brothel creepers] noun plural (BrE, informal) ↑suede shoes with thick soft ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• brothel — [n] house of prostitution bagnio, bawdy house*, bordello, call house*, cathouse*, den of iniquity*, house of assignation, house of ill repute, house with red doors*, massage parlor, red light district, whorehouse; concept 449 …   New thesaurus

• brothel — ► NOUN ▪ a house where men visit prostitutes. ORIGIN originally in the sense «worthless man, prostitute»: related to an Old English word meaning «degenerate, deteriorate» …   English terms dictionary

• brothel — [bräth′əl, brôth′əl] n. [ME, wretched person < OE brothen, pp. of broethan, to waste away, go to ruin; confused with BORDEL] a place where prostitutes may be engaged for hire …   English World dictionary

• Brothel — Lupanar redirects here. For the Pompeii brothel, see Lupanar (Pompeii). Cathouse redirects here. For other uses, see Cathouse (disambiguation). For the 2008 film The Brothel , see Brothel (film). Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Salon at the Rue des… …   Wikipedia

• Brothel (film) — Infobox Film name = Brothel image size = caption = director = Amy Waddell producer = Ira Deutchman Wade W. Danielson Amy Waddell writer = Amy Waddell narrator = starring = Serena Scott Thomas Brett Cullen Timothy V. Murphy Bruce Payne Grace… …   Wikipedia

• brothel — noun VERB + BROTHEL ▪ go to, visit ▪ He used to visit a brothel on the outskirts of town. ▪ run ▪ His aunt ran a brothel. ▪ She ran a bro …   Collocations dictionary