Reeperbahn, n.
(ˈriːpəbɑːn)
[a. Ger., lit. ‘rope-walk’, f. Reeper rope-maker + Bahn way, path.]
The name of a street in the red-light district of Hamburg, used allusively of similar districts elsewhere.
| 1976 P. O'Donnell Last Day in Limbo x. 151 Cast no slurs on Tring... They regard us as the Reeperbahn of Hertfordshire. 1980 Times 22 Oct. 13/7 Helping to rescue the theatre..by wooing the seaside-postcard buyer and Reeperbahn user. 1984 J. Morris Journeys 12 The Reeperbahn or 42nd Street of Sydney is King's Cross. |