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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

bordel

, orig. a little hut, OF.

borde

hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E.

board

Noun.

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A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Noun.

[This is the Eng. brothel.] A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to prostitution.