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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1801-1828, 1935
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BORDEL, n. A brothel. Now obs. in Eng., latest quot. in N.E.D. a.1722. Not given in Concise and Un. Eng. Dicts.Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth viii.:
And using as little ceremony with our daughters' sleeping-chambers, as if they were in a bordel in Paris.
Hence bordeller, a frequenter of brothels. N.E.D. gives this as "brothel-keeper."Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth xix.:
But this peevish Catharine uses me as if I were a brawler and a bordeller!
Comb.: bordel house, a brothel.Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings 35:
The fowk 'ill think,'at's gaen by, We keep a Bordel house.Abd.22 1935
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