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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bawdyhouse \baw"dyhouse`\, n.
a house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bawdyhouse
n : a building where prostitutes are available syn: whorehouse,
brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution,
house of ill repute, cathouse, sporting house
see also:
whorehouse brothel bordello bagnio house of prostitution house of ill repute
cathouse sporting house
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 moby thesaurus words for "bawdyhouse":
bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, crib, den, den of vice,
disorderly house, dive, house of assignation, house of joy,
house of prostitution, joint, panel den, panel house,
red-light district, sink of iniquity, sporting house, stew, stews,
tenderloin, whorehouse
- [4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
bawdy-house, crim. law. a house of ill-fame, q. v. kept for the resort and
unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
2. such a house is a common nuisance, as it endangers the public peace
by drawing together dissolute and debauched persons; and tends to corrupt
both sexes by an open profession of lewdness. 1 russ. on cr.; 299: bac. ab.
nuisances, a; hawk. b. 1, c. 74, sec. 1-5.
3. the keeper of such a house may be indicted for the nuisance; and a
married woman, because such houses are generally kept by the female sex, may
be indicted with her husband for keeping such a house. 1 salk. 383; vide
dane's ab. index, h. t. one who assists in establishing a bawdyhouse is
guilty of a misdemeanor. 2 b. monroe, 417.
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