bachelor pad

English

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.
   • 2008, Gucci Mane (lyrics and music), “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie:

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

   • 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^[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2018:

     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.

Synonyms

• garçonnière

Translations

dwelling of unmarried man

• Finnish: poikamiesboksi (fi)
• French: garçonnière (fr) f
• German: Junggesellenbude f, Garçonnière (de) f
• Polish: garsoniera (pl) f
• Russian: кварти́ра холостяка́ f (kvartíra xolostjaká), гарсонье́рка (ru) f (garsonʹjérka)
• Swedish: ungkarlslya c (often with the opposite connotations)
• Turkish: bekâr evi