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brothel-house

brothel-house is the alternative form of brothel house.

Meaning of brothel house

Noun

brothel house (plural brothel houses)

  1. (archaic, historical) A house of prostitution; whorehouse
    • Now if you all follow me to the first brothel house on reaper street.2013, Bobbie Duane McCoy, The Grim Reaper Story, page 66

Forms of brothel-house

pluralbrothel-houses

Questions about brothel-house

What is brothel-house the alternative form of?
Brothel-house is the alternative form of brothel house.

Words near brothel-house in the dictionary

  1. brothel
  2. brothel creeper
  3. brothel creepers
  4. brothel house
  5. brothel houses
  6. brothel-house
  7. brothel-houses
  8. brothel-keeper
  9. brothel-keepers
  10. brotheler
  11. brothelers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brothel-house (page history and authors); brothel house (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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