bawdyhouse
- noun
- /ˈbɔːdiˌhaʊs/
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- The city council debated whether to shut down the bawdyhouse due to complaints from neighbors.
Examples
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Wasn't hardly anybody coming by the bawdyhouse where I was, either, what with so many men being away to the war.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old mansion was rumored to be a bawdyhouse, frequented by sailors and travelers.
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She found work at a bawdyhouse, where she met people from all walks of life.
Synonyms
77
6.3
A place where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
42
7.8
A building where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
9
9.6
A building where people pay to have sex
7
9.6
A place where people pay for sex
2
8.9
A place where people pay to have sex
1
7.6
A building where people pay for sex
A place where people pay for sex
A house where people pay for sex
A building where people pay for sex
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bawdyhouse joins bawdy 'sexually coarse', a word that came from an old word for a woman who ran a brothel, and house. So a bawdyhouse is a house where prostitutes worked, which is why today it means a 'brothel'.