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autohotel en · NOUN

Etymology

From auto- + hotel.

Meanings

1. A love hotel in South or Central America.
   • Autohotels are not self-service affairs—except for the most desperate. 2009, Eliot Greenspan, Frommer's Guatemala:
   • 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. 2008, Richard Arghiris, Richard Leonardi, Nicaragua:
   • Motels and autohotels rent by the hour in this part of the world and are no place for weary tourists. 1987, Fodor's Central America:

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