| 单词 | tolerance zone |
| 释义 | > as lemmastolerance zone tolerance zone n. a designated area in which prostitution is tolerated by the authorities.Quot. 1924 may refer to an area in which performances involving erotic dancing or a striptease are permitted: it is not clear to what extent the reference to ‘dancing girls’ is euphemistic. ΚΠ 1924 Los Angeles Times 6 July ii. 15/5 Seek murderers of Juarez dancing girl: Police hold peddlers of clothes to habitues of underworld... Two women who sell clothing to the girls of the tolerance zone of Juarez discovered the body. 1937 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 2 June 9/2 (heading) U.F. seaman goes haywire in tolerance zone... Some blood was spilled in the red light district this afternoon. 2004 D. Arter Sc. Parl. xiii. 278 [She]..has canvassed the creation of tolerance zones for prostitutes—as well as inveighing against the spiralling costs of the new parliament building. < as lemmas |
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