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red-light district definition

☆ red·-light· district (red′līt′)

a district (in a town or city) containing many brothels: such brothels formerly displayed red lights

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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