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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

Example Sentences

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One, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, is a parable on temptation: Judas lures Jesus into a bawdyhouse, where he dies.

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Music by Eubie Blake The opening-night curtain call at Eubie! would certainly have astonished the patrons of Miss Aggie's bawdyhouse in Baltimore, where James Hubert Blake played ragtime piano at the turn of the century.

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Despite an overly cute central idea and the flim-flamboyance of Star Susan Hayward, competent script and direction make this a pleasant political coimdy about the road from bawdyhouse to Governor's mansion.

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