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red-light districts

red-light districts is the plural of red-light district.

Meaning of red-light district

Noun

red-light district (plural red-light districts)

  1. A part of an urban area where prostitution and sex-oriented businesses are concentrated.
    • Although I was not keen on such expeditions, I was inveigled one night to join a bunch for a tour of the ‘red light district’.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 65

Questions about red-light districts

What is red-light districts the plural of?
Red-light districts is the plural of red-light district.

Words near red-light districts in the dictionary

  1. red-lettering
  2. red-letters
  3. red-light camera
  4. red-light cameras
  5. red-light district
  6. red-light districts
  7. red-line torpedo barb
  8. red-line torpedo barbs
  9. red-lined looper
  10. red-lined loopers
  11. red-linked

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