1887 3 May 5/3 The brothel madam and the respectable widow were together in line with their applications for licenses to sell respectively wine, cigars and tobacco to their ‘friends’ and patrons.
1962 C. Wilson (1973) ii. 37 Three brothel madams, who sit together and discuss the gangster Red.
2004 12 Feb. 159/3 The bizarre local citizens..include..a brothel madam who refers to her stable of nymphets as ‘bonbons’.