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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bawdyhouse
    n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
         whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of
         prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse,
         cathouse, sporting house]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bawdyhouse \Baw"dy*house`\, n.
   A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BAWDY-HOUSE, crim. law. A house of ill-fame, (q. v.) kept for the resort and 
unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes. 
     2. Such a house is a common nuisance, as it endangers the public peace 
by drawing together dissolute and debauched persons; and tends to corrupt 
both sexes by an open profession of lewdness. 1 Russ. on Cr.; 299: Bac. Ab. 
Nuisances, A; Hawk. B. 1, c. 74, Sec. 1-5. 
     3. The keeper of such a house may be indicted for the nuisance; and a 
married woman, because such houses are generally kept by the female sex, may 
be indicted with her husband for keeping such a house. 1 Salk. 383; vide 
Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. One who assists in establishing a bawdyhouse is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 2 B. Monroe, 417.

Thesaurus Results for bawdyhouse:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, crib, den, den of vice, disorderly house, dive, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution, joint, panel den, panel house, red-light district, sink of iniquity, sporting house, stew, stews, tenderloin, whorehouse

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