massage parlor
Americannoun
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a commercial establishment providing massages.
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a commercial establishment providing sexual services under the guise of offering massages.
Etymology
Origin of massage parlor
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Ruger is headquartered in a nondescript two-story office block in Southport, Conn., next to a massage parlor and beauty salon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Told she has “magic hands” as a masseuse in prison, Roach opens a massage parlor in the same building as an empanada shop.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
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
An immigrant from South Korea, Ms. 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 New York Times • Mar. 19, 2021
Yet this paper’s initial headline about the Atlanta killings — later changed — seemed to give credence to the official account: “Suspect in Atlanta-area massage parlor shootings had ‘sexual addiction,’ authorities say.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2021
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