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adjective
Date: 1900
having numerous houses of prostitution <a red-light district>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
red-light
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red light — n. 1) to go through, run (AE) a red light (she ran a red light and was fined) 2) at a red light (to stop at a red light) * * * [ˌred laɪt] run (AE) a red light (she ran a red light and was fined) to go through at a red light (to stop at a red… … Combinatory dictionary
