whorehouse
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈwɔːrhaʊs/
- NSFW
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- I lived in a whorehouse when I was 18 for six months.
Lots of fighting, fist fights, lots of visits to the whorehouse, lots of drinking.
- Lots of fighting, fist fights, lots of visits to the whorehouse, lots of drinking.
- A good old fashioned whorehouse would be considerably more efficient and much, much cheaper.
Examples
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In the city, there is a notorious whorehouse known for its extravagant themes and high prices.
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Now Nevada, where whorehouses and casinos stood as wide-open and brazen as McDonald's and Motel 6.
Fiction book (1993) -
A whorehouse is always a good investment.
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"You raised me in a whorehouse," she said.
Fiction book (2002) -
A wonderful little whorehouse I knew right off of Mabini Street.
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I was raised in a dime-a-dance whorehouse.
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A good old fashioned whorehouse would be considerably more efficient and much, much cheaper.
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The real tourists and the amateurs still had this idea that Vegas was some kind of high-class whorehouse.
Fiction book (2000) -
The neon sign sits on top of the rudest, sleaziest, most crab-infested strip joint, honky-tonk whorehouse in all of Mexico.
Fiction book (1996) -
He stumbled upon a hidden whorehouse that operated discreetly behind a regular storefront.
Synonyms
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6.3
A place where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
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9.6
A building where people pay to have sex
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9.6
A place where people pay for sex
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8.9
A place where people pay to have sex
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A building where people pay for sex
A place where people pay for sex
A house where people pay for sex
A house where people go to pay for sex
A building where people pay for sex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word whorehouse comes from the old English word whore, meaning 'prostitute', and the plain word house, meaning 'home' or 'building'. So it was a 'house' where prostitutes worked, and today it means a building where people pay for sex.