call house

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for call house
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In another of Salinger’s images, a constraint on the form that the future will take is already there: Lynne M., eighteen, shares her bedroom with her toddler daughter, whose white crib—beneath which lies a jumble of shoes and other detritus—mirrors her mother’s narrow white-metal daybed.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 July 2025
  • In that room, the officer saw two cribs turned upside down with two children inside, according to the affidavit.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Edward Burke that outlawed nudity in massage parlors.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Shooting locations include Belinda’s room, (Suite #45), as well as the show’s spa (with massage parlors shot at Bophut).
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The charging documents allege that back in January 2024 — more than a year before he was charged — Wan was arrested on suspicion of running the Iron Horse Parkway brothel and confessed.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
  • Lucky for Luiz, the Gilpin County mountain town of Central City is ripe for brothel breakthroughs.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
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“Call house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20house. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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