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Search phrase: brothel

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam II.i.61Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth.Videlicet, a Brothell, or so forth.
King LearKL I.iv.241Make it more like a tavern or a brothelMakes it more like a Tauerne, or a Brothell,
PericlesPer Chorus.V.1Marina thus the brothel 'scapes, and chancesMarina thus the Brothell scapes, and chaunces
Timon of AthensTim IV.i.13Thy mistress is o'th' brothel. Son of sixteen,Thy Mistris is o'th'Brothell. Some of sixteen,

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Glossary

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bawdy-housebrothel
common housebrothel
evil[unclear meaning] hovel; privy; brothel
hold-doorbrothel door-keeping
hot-housebrothel; bath-house
housebrothel, whorehouse
leaping-housebrothel, whorehouse
picked-hatchspiked half-door; house of ill-repute, brothel
stewbrothel, house of ill-repute

Thesaurus

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brothelbawdy-house
brothelcommon house
brothelstew
brothelpicked-hatch
brothelleaping-house
brothelhouse
brothelhot-house
brothelSaint George's Field
brothelevil
brothel door-keepinghold-door
door-keeping in a brothelhold-door

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BROTHELBASICbrothel n
BROTHELPLACEbrothel-house n

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