as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available
a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
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Recent Examples of bawdy house
The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawdy house
brothel
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Han Lee, 42, was sentenced to four years in prison for operating a high-end brothel network at four locations in Massachusetts and two in Virginia that generated millions of dollars in revenue.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The madame of the brothel network that operated in the suburbs of Boston and Washington D.C. will spend four years in prison.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Bawdy house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdy%20house. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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