massage parlor

American  

noun

1. a commercial establishment providing massages.

2. a commercial establishment providing sexual services under the guise of offering massages.

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Etymology

Origin of massage parlor

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The McCarthy business in a strip mall on Stine Road is long gone, replaced by Pollos a La Brasa, a Peruvian restaurant next to a massage parlor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Yet there he was, sitting in a mostly dark alley, reeling off the neighboring shops — a photography studio, another massage parlor — that had gone out of business.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Apparently, the cameo by Brady had been organized long before Kraft's massage parlor scandal was uncovered and Brady later denied the scene was supposed to be about Kraft and his legal troubles.

From Fox News • Feb. 1, 2022

González’s niece describes a scene of desperation outside the massage parlor, and law enforcement officers seemingly ignored her uncle’s pleas for information.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2021

An immigrant from South Korea, Grant, 51, did not talk much about her job at Gold Spa, a massage parlor in a neon-lit stretch of strip malls in northeastern Atlanta.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2021