bawdyhouse

[baw-dee-hous]

noun

plural

bawdyhouses 

1. a brothel.

bawdyhouse

/ ˈbɔːdɪˌhaʊs /

noun

1. an archaic word for brothel

Word History and Origins

Origin of bawdyhouse¹

First recorded in 1545–55; bawdy + house

Example Sentences

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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