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bawdy-houses

bawdy-houses is the plural of bawdy-house.

Meaning of bawdy-house

Noun

bawdy-house (plural bawdy-houses)

  1. (formal, historical) A brothel; a house of prostitution.
    • Yet Sewell can publicly embrace a homosexual like George Hislop who helps to run a bawdy house for men and is a candidate for alderman in Ward 6.1980, Stew Newton, "Think About I!!", pamphlet reproduced in 1981, Feb 14, Alexander Wilson, "The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective", in Gay Community News, volume 8...

Questions about bawdy-houses

What is bawdy-houses the plural of?
Bawdy-houses is the plural of bawdy-house.

Words near bawdy-houses in the dictionary

  1. bawdy house
  2. bawdy houses
  3. bawdy-house
  4. bawdy-house bottle
  5. bawdy-house bottles
  6. bawdy-houses
  7. bawdyhouse
  8. bawdyhouses
  9. bawhorse
  10. bawhorses
  11. Bawi

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