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call houses

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plural of call house

as in bawdy houses

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And the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, signed into federal law in 2022, outright banned the sale of drop-side cribs and crib bumpers that could potentially suffocate infants.

— Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025

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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
Nonetheless, he is made king and often found eschewing his royal duties in favor of visiting brothels or hanging out with those who work for him.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

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