4 definitions found 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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