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Red-light district   Listen
noun
Red-light district  n.  A district or neighborhood in which houses of prostitution are located; so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night. (Colloq. or Cant)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Red-light district" Quotes from Famous Books



... lingerie. The ICONOCLAST compelled its unrespected contemporary to purify its "personal column"—and this service to society has never been forgiven by the bench- legged hydrocephalous grand panjandrum of that paper. The Post next proceeded to publish a directory of Houston's red-light district, giving names and addresses of the "madames," the number of their "boarders" and the condition of the merchandise thrown upon the market. All that was necessary to make the Post's Bawdy-house Guide complete was the addition of ...
— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann



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