call house

noun

Definition of call housenext
as in bawdy house

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  1. bawdy house
  2. crib
  3. massage parlor
  4. brothel
Noun
  • She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • All of the women working in the bawdy houses are modest and never look lascivious because, Lord knows, that would be horrific.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of bawdy house
Noun
  • The father improvised by moving the baby’s crib into the living room and using cardboard and tape to seal the gap in the window.
    — Destenie Nock, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
  • De Santis reveals that even her crib was upholstered in local Como silk.
    — Ondine Cohane, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of crib
Noun
  • In the early hours of the following morning, four referees who officiated the match were allegedly taken to a massage parlor by the KFA, which spent 760,000 Korean won ($536).
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The women arrested in massage parlor raids are often Chinese or, more recently, Venezuelan immigrants, according to the Cook County public defender’s office and local court records.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of massage parlor
Noun
  • Though Diestel went on to make clear that no one was proposing to turn bedrooms into brothels, introducing sexuality into a sacred context was enough to shake the little world of interconnected townspeople.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • At times a speakeasy and a brothel, the bar used to have tunnels under the building that ran to the local courthouse.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of brothel
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