bawdyhouse

4 definitions found

bawdyhouse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

bawdyhouse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bawdyhouse
      n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
           whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution
           , house of ill repute, bawdyhouse,
           cathouse, sporting house]

bawdyhouse - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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. 
  
  

bawdyhouse - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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