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Noun
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She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The much-married Stoiber, reputed to have been the Silverton proprietor of a bawdy house, was impossible to get along with.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Now the puppy, Oreo, sleeps right next to Jaxson’s crib every night.—
Eliza Shapiro,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Her mother came down the stairs with an armload of linens, dragged the old crib out of the unfinished half of the cellar, and took the plastic sheeting off it.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Federal and local law enforcement officers shut down a massage parlor operating in Brighton Park on Monday.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter asked the Indiana State Police to launch an investigation into missing money that was seized by police in connection with a 2023 search warrant executed at a Winfield massage parlor.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Polly Adler has worked long and hard to build up her high-class brothel business.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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We’re left with Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) all alone in her modern-day brothel — a dollhouse filled with shiny things and zero substance — and Lexi (Maude Apatow) once again taking the moral high ground without fully grasping why.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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“Call house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20house. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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