as in brothels
a building in which prostitutes are available
had a long career as a madam in a New Orleans sporting house
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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 -
In the 1830s, for example, thirty-four percent of brothels were within three blocks of a theater.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Sporting houses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sporting%20houses. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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