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  1. noun A house of prostitution.

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  • I've squared away, and ridden herd upon, most kind of convoys in my time, but shipping a brothel was a new one on me. —  Flashman And The Redskins
  • The line at the brothel was a block long, so that was out-even had he been interested. —  The Heirs of Babylon
  • In comparison with Hassan al Sabah's "Paradise" -- which looked like a brothel -- this "private brothel" looked more like an anteroom to Paradise itself. —  The Eternal Mercenary
  • But as they returned to the dusty streets of Macao, hawkers swarmed about them, attracted by the rumor: "The young fellow from the brothel was a big winner." —  Hawaii
  • What if their-the brothel was here, in this building? —  Take A Thief
 

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  1. Short for brothel-house, from Middle English brothel, prostitute, from brothen, past participle of brethen, to go to ruin, from Old English brēothan, to decay.

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  1. Middle English, also brethel (and corruptly brodel, brodelle), a wretch, a depraved man or woman; der. bretheling, a wretch; from Anglo-Saxon *breóthan, only in comp. ā-breóthan, ruin, frustrate, past participle ābrothen, degenerate, base, trifling; connections doubtful.
  2. An early modern English corruption of Middle English bordel, a house of ill-fame, by confusion with Middle English brothel, a wretch: see brothel.
  3. from brothel, n. Cf. bordel, n.
 

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/ˈbrɑθɛl/
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