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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "bawdyhouse":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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. 
  
  

















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