bordello

[ bawr-del-oh ]

/ bɔrˈdɛl oʊ /

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noun, plural bor·del·los.

a brothel.

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Origin of bordello

1590–1600; <Italian <Old French bordelbordel

Words nearby bordello

Bordeaux, Bordeaux mixture, bordel, Bordelais, Bordelaise, bordello, Borden, Borden, Lizzie, border, Border collie, border disease

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How to use bordello in a sentence

And the vermillion wall covering in the library that seemed very 19th-century bordello.
Putting Words in Gore Vidal’s Mouth—a Copywriter Recalls the 1982 Senate Campaign|Robert Chandler|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Bangkok “fish tank” bordello is glitzy and businesslike.
‘Whores’ Glory’: An Interview With Michael Glawogger|Tracy Quan|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When Heidi Fleiss announced she was opening a bordello for women, he sent his picture and received a positive response.
The Sex Lives of Male Hookers|Tracy Quan|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Hutz plays A.K., the frontman of a band called, yes, Gogol Bordello, who earns money on the side as a male dominator.
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Surely he would have then concluded me as constant at the bordello, as the galley-slave at his oar.
An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton|Hiram Corson
But as with the bits of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope, the elements of Bordello's mind remain the same.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning|Stopford A. Brooke
Sofas with shabby, mutilated upholstery in bordello scarlet.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
Bordello's youthful genius craves sympathy, and he finds it by investing Nature with fanciful forms and attributes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864|Various
To pass for ever out of and beyond 170one's self is to the artist the lesson of Bordello's story.
The Poetry Of Robert Browning|Stopford A. Brooke

British Dictionary definitions for bordello

bordello

/ (bɔːˈdɛləʊ) /

noun plural -los

a brothelAlso called (archaic): bordel (ˈbɔːdəl)

Word Origin for bordello

C16: from Italian, from Old French borde hut, cabin

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