bagnio

plural bagnios

1. A brothel.

   an old woman who has charge of a bagnio

   1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “婆 (phûa)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 458

   1 more example

   Before we got back to Cairo there were some ding-dong fights among the soldiers. One of the best brawls started in a bagnio.

   1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 110

2. obsoleteA building for bathing, sweating.
3. obsoleteIn Turkey, a prison for slaves.