massage parlor

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of massage parlor¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Just six days earlier, on March 16, a mass shooting occurred at three spas and massage parlors in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

From Time

Every day on her way to work, Emma Thompson used to pass an innocuous-looking massage parlor a few blocks from her London home.

From The Daily Beast

Deng Yujiao was an ordinary girl from Hubei Province in central China, a receptionist in a massage parlor in her hometown.

From The Daily Beast

Emma Thompson used to walk by a nondescript massage parlor on her way to the Underground stop near her London home.

From The Daily Beast

The Darling Massage Parlor is one of many such places in Bangkok and far from the most opulent, luxurious, or popular.

From The Daily Beast