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Red-Light District
Webster's Dictionary
A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent; - so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Red-Light District'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/red-light-district.html. 1828.