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Definition of Bawdyhouse
1. Noun. A building where prostitutes are available.
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Massage Parlor
Definition of Bawdyhouse
1. n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
Definition of Bawdyhouse
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bawdy-house) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawdyhouse
Literary usage of Bawdyhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1921)
"The statute makes it an offense ' to aid or abet prostitution,' even though there
is no resort to a bawdyhouse, brothel, or house of ill fame. ..."
2. American law reports annotated (1921)
"The court said in this case: "It does not follow, however, that the house can be
classed as a bawdyhouse merely because one prostitute lives therein, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Telegraph and Telephone Companies: Including by Sidney Walter Jones (1916)
"The court in this case said: "It is argued that a common carrier would not be
authorized to refuse to convey the plaintiff because she keeps a bawdyhouse. ..."
4. The Kentucky Law Reporter by Kentucky Court of Appeals (1887)
"The punishment for violating the State laws by keeping a bawdyhouse is by fiue
or imprisonment, or' both, at the discretion of the jury trying the case. ..."
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