bordellos
Houses of prostitution
Bordellos is the plural of bordello, a house of prostitution.
The word has an old-fashioned, slightly literary flavor compared to brothel or whorehouse: The old mining town was full of saloons and bordellos.
It often evokes historical settings or adds a touch of exoticism to descriptions.
Establishments for paid sex
- houses of ill reputeEstablishments for paid intimacy
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- madamsFemale authority figures
- prostitutesThose who sell sex
parlors · saloons · cabarets · courtesans · working girls · cathouses · dens · establishments
America's lawless frontier era
- frontier townsRemote edge-of-territory communities
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- Victorian eraBritain under its longest-reigning queen
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
mining camps · port cities · geishas · courtesans · concubines · harems · seraglios · ancient Rome
Historic Parisian cabaret
- fallen womenWomen deemed sexually immoral
- demimondeSocially marginal class
- Toulouse-LautrecFin-de-siècle lithographer
- DollyNickname for Dorothy
Fantine · Zola · melodrama · scandal · redemption · exploitation · tragic heroines · corruption
brothels
Establishments for paid sex
- houses of ill reputeEstablishments for paid intimacy
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- madamsFemale authority figures
prostitutes · parlors · saloons · cabarets · courtesans · working girls · cathouses · dens · establishments · patrons
Wild West
America's lawless frontier era
- frontier townsRemote edge-of-territory communities
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- Victorian eraBritain under its longest-reigning queen
New Orleans · mining camps · port cities · geishas · courtesans · concubines · harems · seraglios · ancient Rome · Pompeii
Moulin Rouge
Historic Parisian cabaret
- fallen womenWomen deemed sexually immoral
- demimondeSocially marginal class
- Toulouse-LautrecFin-de-siècle lithographer
Dolly · Fantine · Zola · melodrama · scandal · redemption · exploitation · tragic heroines · corruption · innocence lost
- prostitutionbrothels, bordello, sex work, sex workers, prostitutes
bordelloschurches
Christian houses of worship
convents · monasteries · nunneries · temples · cathedrals