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an area or district in a city in which many houses of prostitution are located.[1890-95; allegedly so called because brothels displayed red lights]
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Red light district — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Red Light District peut désigner : Red light district (littéralement en anglais : « Quartier des lanternes rouges ») lieux de la… … Wikipédia en Français
Red Light District — can refer to several different topics:* Red light district a neighborhood where prostitution is common * The Red Light District the title of the 2004 album by rapper Ludacris * Red Light District Video a pornography studio based in Los Angeles,… … Wikipedia
Red-light district — A district or neighborhood in which houses of prostitution are located; so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night. [Colloq. or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red light district — The red light district is the area of a town or city where there is prostitution, sex shops, etc … The small dictionary of idiomes
red-light district — ☆ red light district [red′līt΄ ] n. a district (in a town or city) containing many brothels: such brothels formerly displayed red lights … English World dictionary
red-light district — ► NOUN ▪ an area with many brothels, strip clubs, etc. ORIGIN from the use of a red light as the sign of a brothel … English terms dictionary
red-light district — red light .district n the area of a town or city where there are many ↑prostitutes … Dictionary of contemporary English
red-light district — red light ,district noun count an area with many PROSTITUTES (=people who have sex for money) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Red-light district — A red light district is a neighborhood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. The term red light district was first recorded in the United States in 1894, in an article in The Sentinel , a newspaper in Milwaukee.… … Wikipedia
Red Light District — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Red Light District peut désigner : Red light district (littéralement en anglais : « Quartier des lanternes rouges ») lieux de la… … Wikipédia en Français
red-light district — noun a district with many brothels • Hypernyms: ↑city district * * * ˌred ˈlight district [red light district red light districts] noun a part of a town where there are many ↑prostitutes … Useful english dictionary
