as in brothel
a building in which prostitutes are available
a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.
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Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.
—Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.
—Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
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