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单词 bawdy houses
释义

bawdy house

noun

: brothel

Synonyms

  • bagnio
  • bordello
  • brothel
  • cathouse
  • disorderly house
  • sporting house
  • stew
  • whorehouse
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Example Sentences

a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
Recent Examples on the Web 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

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined above

bawdy houses

noun

plural of bawdy house
as in brothels
a building in which prostitutes are available a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • brothels
  • disorderly houses
  • sporting houses
  • bagnios
  • whorehouses
  • massage parlors
  • cathouses
  • bordellos
  • call houses
  • stews
  • cribs
  • harems
  • seraglios
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