Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brothel.
- noun A prison for slaves in Asian countries.
- noun A public bathhouse in Italy or Turkey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating, and otherwise cleansing the body.
- noun A brothel; a stew.
- noun In the Turkish empire, a prison in general; in France, formerly, one of the great prisons (bagnes) substituted for the galleys, now superseded by transportation: perhaps so called from the former use of ancient baths in Constantinople as prisons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.
- noun A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brothel . - noun obsolete A
building forbathing ,sweating . - noun obsolete In
Turkey , aprison forslaves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- noun a building containing public baths
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This straightforward account of matters inside the bagnio is the more valuable and interesting if we recollect that Cervantes 'great-grandmother was a Saavedra, and that the soldier alluded to in the text was really himself.
The True Story Book Andrew Lang 1878
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That's why I'll 'ave the finest slap-up bagnio on the west coast goin' full steam before the year's out an 'I'll still have a tidy parcel over in the bank.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Check every bawdy house, bagnio, Blind Tiger, and frab-joint in the city.
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Apparently our favorite Pete Doherty-like Earl somehow discovered his wife's infidelities and followed her to the bagnio where he discovered her in bed with Silvertongue.
Marriage a la Mode, Part 5: The Bagnio Heather Carroll 2008
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The Countess and Silvertongue have checked into The Turk's Head, a bagnio that actually existed in Hogath's time.
Marriage a la Mode, Part 5: The Bagnio Heather Carroll 2008
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Do you know that we saw your friend Jervas coming out of the bagnio near Covent Garden half an hour ago?
The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007
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From whom should this visit be, but from Sally Martin, accompanied by Mrs. Carter, the sister of the infamous Sinclair! the same, I suppose I need not tell you, who keeps the bagnio near
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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The next fastest way, is by moist heat; as in a bagnio.
1760 diet revolution | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Drank her light-hearted — then carried her to a play — then it was too late, you know, to see the pretended lady — then to a bagnio — ruined her, as they call it, and all this the same day.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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The cleanliness of the rest of your person, which, by the way, will conduce greatly to your health, I refer from time to time to the bagnio.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
ruzuzu commented on the word bagnio
"1. A bath; a house for bathing, cupping, sweating, and otherwise cleansing the body.
2. A brothel; a stew.
3. In the Turkish empire, a prison in general; in France, formerly, one of the great prisons (bagnes) substituted for the galleys, now superseded by transportation: perhaps so called from the former use of ancient baths in Constantinople as prisons."
--Century Dictionary
January 13, 2011