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  • noun Plural form of whorehouse.

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Examples

  • According to her she never had real sex with them and I'm inclined to believe this because I have been in whorehouses before and they have a certain electricity to them.

    Excerpt: Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford 2001

  • While tackling adult material such as whorehouses and slavery, I was impressed that Abraham can express a scene with deep emotional impact while refraining from going into graphic detail or foul language.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Bryce L. 2010

  • While tackling adult material such as whorehouses and slavery, I was impressed that Abraham can express a scene with deep emotional impact while refraining from going into graphic detail or foul language.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Jeff C 2010

  • While tackling adult material such as whorehouses and slavery, I was impressed that Abraham can express a scene with deep emotional impact while refraining from going into graphic detail or foul language.

    Today in Fantasy: January 21, 2010 Jeff C 2010

  • While tackling adult material such as whorehouses and slavery, I was impressed that Abraham can express a scene with deep emotional impact while refraining from going into graphic detail or foul language.

    StampReview | A Shadow in Summer, by Daniel Abraham Bryce L. 2010

  • A French traveler reported in the 1790s that “a great many husbands” patronized whorehouses as “a means to libertinism.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • I think the closest thing we have to a taboo these days is Political Correctness ... which is to say, science fiction about whorehouses or in which God is a villain is a lot easier to sell than a story where, say, the villain is a black lesbian, or where a right-wing politrician who is reviled by the liberal cognescenti eventually proves to be absolutely correct.

    MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

  • Yeah, you remember, the ones right up the street from the rows of whorehouses run by the underworld influence in our City and right down the street from that after hours joint where you brought in your own booze and bought a bottle of 7-Up for five bucks.

    Aurora Housing Authority's Chronic Problem of Jericho Circle Complex to Be Demolished Summer 2010 2009

  • They seem to function very well - Heritage, Cato, and Reason are still treated as actual think tanks vs.whorehouses. max Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » From Snark to a Serious Question: Non-profit Productivity 2009

  • Masters was well known for his competence as a barrister, but many a man of the law spent his evenings in whorehouses and gaming hells, where his money drifted away like desert sands.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

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