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bawdyhouse

[baw-dee-hous]

noun

plural

bawdyhouses 

  1. a brothel.

bawdyhouse

/ ˈɔːɪˌʊ /

noun

  1. an archaic word for brothel

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51Թ 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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