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bawdyhouse

American  
[baw-dee-hous] / ˈbɔ diˌhaʊs /

noun

PLURAL

bawdyhouses

  1. a brothel.

bawdyhouse British  
/ ˈbɔːdɪˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. an archaic word for brothel

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Etymology

Origin of bawdyhouse

First recorded in 1545–55; bawdy + house

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It ill befits the distance between your Highness and me to send you for ocular conviction to a jakes or an oven, to the windows of a bawdyhouse, or to a sordid lantern.

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