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bawdyhouse

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bawd·y·house  (bôd-hous)
n.
A house of prostitution.
bawdyhouse
Noun
Archaic a brothel
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Noun1.bawdyhousebawdyhouse - a building where prostitutes are available
bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
massage parlor - a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage


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Worse than this, the woman lived in a bawdyhouse downtown, with a coarse, red-faced Irishman named Connor, who was the boss of the loading-gang outside, and would make free with the girls as they went to and from their work.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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