massage parlor

noun

: an establishment that provides massage treatments

also : one offering sexual services in addition to or in lieu of massage

Examples of massage parlor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hallinan had recently been calling out their other opponent, Bill Fazio, for getting caught in a massage parlor during a raid, for example. —

Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024 Some guys across the road cackled at a joke between them, leaning on a massage parlor’s windows. —

Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024 The next scene’s straight out of the Rush Hour 2 playbook when Carter (Chris Tucker) and Lee (Jackie Chan) get lucky at the Heaven on Earth massage parlor in the 2001 blockbuster. —

Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2024 The investigation was launched following numerous complaints made about the massage parlor with the Jewett City Resident Trooper’s Office. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for massage parlor

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Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of massage parlor was in 1906

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