bawdy house
noun
: brothel
Synonyms
- bagnio
- bordello
- brothel
- cathouse
- disorderly house
- sporting house
- stew
- whorehouse
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Example Sentences
a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
Recent Examples on the Web The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute. 
Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019 There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned. Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019 There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned. Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1552, in the meaning defined above
bawdy house
noun
as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- brothel
- disorderly house
- sporting house
- whorehouse
- bordello
- bagnio
- massage parlor
- call house
- cathouse
- stew
- crib
- harem
- seraglio