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Reeperbahn, n.|ˈriːpəbɑːn|
[a. Ger., lit. ‘rope-walk’, f. Reeper rope-maker + Bahn way, path.]
The name of a street in the red-light district of Hamburg, used allusively of similar districts elsewhere.
1976P. O'Donnell Last Day in Limbo x. 151 Cast no slurs on Tring... They regard us as the Reeperbahn of Hertfordshire. 1980Times 22 Oct. 13/7 Helping to rescue the theatre..by wooing the seaside-postcard buyer and Reeperbahn user. 1984J. Morris Journeys 12 The Reeperbahn or 42nd Street of Sydney is King's Cross. |