| 单词 | brothel-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrothel-monger brothel-monger n. rare †(a) a man who frequently or habitually visits brothels to engage in sexual activity with prostitutes (obsolete); (b) a person who owns or runs a brothel, a brothel keeper. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > frequenting prostitutes > frequenting brothels > one who brotheller1498 brothel-monger1566 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Cijv No brothelmonger be [L. ne sequerer moechas]. 1837 Age 8 Oct. 326/3 Any low-lived vagabond coffee-shopkeeper or brothel-monger..may indulge in his blackguard propensities for insult and annoyance with impunity. 1857 Reynold's Newspaper 8 Feb. 9/2 The plaintiff is a professional pimp; the defendant, ‘the most noble’ the Marquis of Bath, is a peer of the realm, patron of ten livings, and a brothel-monger. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Dec. 11 At the inquiry, we were treated to a cameo appearance from an alleged brothel-monger. < as lemmas |
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