[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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