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Definition of Bagnio
1. Noun. A building where prostitutes are available.
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Massage Parlor
2. Noun. A building containing public baths.
Definition of Bagnio
1. n. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.
Definition of Bagnio
1. Noun. brothel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bagnio
1. a brothel [n -NIOS] - See also: brothel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bagnio
Literary usage of Bagnio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Baptism by Robert Robinson (1817)
"Each house has a bagnio, which consists generally in two or three ... A publick
bagnio is described thus (7) : " I went to the bagnio about ten o'clock. ..."
2. Train and Bank Robbers of the West: A Romantic But Faithful Story of by Augustus C. Appler (1882)
"One moonlight night Frank and five others of the band we're detailed to lay siege
to a notorious bagnio four miles east of Wellington in Lafayette county. ..."
3. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"... Sir Hans Sloane—A Poetical Doctor—Monsey and his Practical Dentistry—The
Cauliflower Club: the President's Chair—The bagnio in Bath Street—Cock Lane and ..."
4. The Greek and the Turk; Or, Powers and Prospects in the Levant by Eyre Evans Crowe (1853)
"CHAPTER XXL THE bagnio. WHAT is most trim in Turkish establishments at Constantinople,
is the fleet, the navy, all the naval offices, and officers. ..."
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