as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available
a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
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Recent Examples of bawdy house
She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The much-married Stoiber, reputed to have been the Silverton proprietor of a bawdy house, was impossible to get along with.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
There’s almost this wink at the end where Fanny says, By the way, Charles brought our son to bawdy houses so he could be educated just as Charles was.
—Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025
The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.
—Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.
—Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The much-married Stoiber, reputed to have been the Silverton proprietor of a bawdy house, was impossible to get along with.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
There’s almost this wink at the end where Fanny says, By the way, Charles brought our son to bawdy houses so he could be educated just as Charles was.
—Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025
The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.
—Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.
—Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawdy house
brothel
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Pirates and brothels and casinos once set up camp in Fernandina Beach, the island's harbor town, and even Prohibition didn't shut down the town saloon.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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The graffiti also alleged that one of the seven houses that was sprayed with paint was a brothel.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Bawdy house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdy%20house. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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