"bachelor pad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bachelor pads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bachelor pad (plural bachelor pads)
  1. (US) A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men. Tags: US Synonyms: garçonnière Translations (dwelling of unmarried man): poikamiesboksi (Finnish), garçonnière [feminine] (French), Junggesellenbude [feminine] (German), Garçonnière [feminine] (German), garsoniera [feminine] (Polish), кварти́ра холостяка́ (kvartíra xolostjaká) [feminine] (Russian), гарсонье́рка (garsonʹjérka) [feminine] (Russian), ungkarlslya [common-gender, often] (Swedish), bekâr evi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bachelor_pad-en-noun-ycd5TJl8 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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