autohotel
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
autohotel (plural autohotels)
- A love hotel in South or Central America.
- 1987, Fodor's Central America:
- Motels and autohotels rent by the hour in this part of the world and are no place for weary tourists.
- 2008, Richard Arghiris, Richard Leonardi, Nicaragua:
- Autohotels are for making love; they serve no other purpose. Rooms are sold in two- or three- hour blocks and include fresh towels, sheets and a condom.
- 2009, Eliot Greenspan, Frommer's Guatemala:
- Autohotels are not self-service affairs—except for the most desperate.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:love hotel