Definitions
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- noun A kind of
Japanese brothel , ostensibly forbathing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In real life, I think this is a good thing, but in soapland, it could make it seem like you're creating a sexless character who's just there to tick a box.
Queer Sighted 2009
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A soapland is where young women are paid a fee to play rub-a-dub-dub, two in a tub.
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As the Shukan Post reports and the Daily Mainichi passes on, South Korean men are conducting their own international exchange programs in Tokyo soapland establishments.
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Be it a morning motorcycle ride, a trip to a hostess club or a soapland, a day spent trading the Nikkei, or a pickup football game against another group of Tokyo-based traders, it was all a test — and Carney was always watching.
Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004
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The other place, the “soapland,” was not erotic — it was carnal.
Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004
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If it was sex he was after, he could go to a soapland, pay for the very best girl to use her body like a sponge.
Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004
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"A soapland pimp invited me," an American habitu? told me, referring to Kabukicho's massage parlors.
CNET News.com 2011
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It was hotly rumoured in 2006 that Woodyatt was going to bow out of soapland, but thankfully he stuck it out.
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It was hotly rumoured in 2006 that Woodyatt was going to bow out of soapland, but thankfully he stuck it out.
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It was hotly rumoured in 2006 that Woodyatt was going to bow out of soapland, but thankfully he stuck it out.
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