bachelor pad

noun

A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.

Meanings

nounbachelor pad (plural bachelor pads)

plural bachelor pads

  1. USA nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.

    Wanna slow dance in my mansion / Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy

    2008, Gucci Mane, “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie
    1 more example

    But upon his arrival, Lewis discovers that his uncle’s place is no threadbare bachelor pad. It’s a creaky old Victorian mansion, full of overstuffed chairs, flocked wallpaper, stained glass, creepy carnival curios, and dozens and dozens of clocks.

    2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018

    Synonyms: garçonnière

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.

Also see

Translations

Finnish poikamiesboksi
  • poikamiesboksidwelling of unmarried man
French garçonnière
  • garçonnièredwelling of unmarried man
German Junggesellenbude, Garçonnière
  • Junggesellenbudedwelling of unmarried man
  • Garçonnièredwelling of unmarried man
Polish garsoniera, kawalerka
  • garsonieradwelling of unmarried man
  • kawalerkadwelling of unmarried man
Russian кварти́ра холостяка́, гарсонье́рка
  • кварти́ра холостяка́ (kvartíra xolostjaká)dwelling of unmarried man
  • гарсонье́рка (garsonʹjérka)dwelling of unmarried man
Swedish ungkarlslya
  • ungkarlslyadwelling of unmarried man
Turkish bekâr evi
  • bekâr evidwelling of unmarried man
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Chicago

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