red-light district
noun
: a district in which houses of prostitution are frequent
Word History
Etymology
so called from the traditional practice of employing red lights to indicate houses of prostitution
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
- discredits
- discreet
- discreeter
- discreetest
- discreetlier
- discreetliest
- discreetly
- discreetness
- discreetnesses
- discrepance
- discrepances
- discrepancies
- discrepancy
- discrepant
- discrepantly
- discrepate
- discrete
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- discreteness
- discretenesses
- discreter
- discretest
- discretion
- discretion is the better part of valor
- discretional