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bawdyhouse

[ baw-dee-hous ]

noun

plural bawdyhouses
  1. a brothel.

bawdyhouse

/ ˈɔːɪˌʊ /

noun

  1. an archaic word for brothel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bawdyhouse1

First recorded in 1545–55; bawdy + house
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It ill befits the distance between your Highness and me to send you for ocular conviction to a jakes or an oven, to the windows of a bawdyhouse, or to a sordid lantern.

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