bordello
noun
a brothel.
bordellos
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pluralof bordello.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Activists, lawyers and Christian pastors are leading a petition drive to ban brothels in two Nevada counties, Nye and Lyon, and if successful the potential ballot initiatives would close nearly half the state’s bordellos.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2018
The Clampers, according to the Frank C. Reilly Chapter of Northern California, have plaqued hundreds of places, “from ghost towns to saloons, from bordellos to ranchos, from heroes to madmen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2017
Use too much, or a relentlessly ornate variety, and it can appear as if you look to frontier bordellos or the Addams Family for design inspiration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2015
Before setting off for the Crusades seven centuries ago, Louis IX of France ordered the kingdom's bordellos closed.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bogey man flickered until last week through the shuttered bordellos of Havana, the rich red valleys of inland Cuba, the old Spanish fortresses of the coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
