bawdy-house
House of prostitution
A bawdy-house is a brothel—a place where prostitution occurs.
The term is old-fashioned and appears mostly in historical or legal contexts: The constable raided the bawdy-house on Fleet Street.
Bawdy means humorously indecent, so bawdy-house carries a slightly comic, antiquated flavor compared to the clinical "brothel."
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
prostitution · vice · Whitechapel · Victorian · Elizabethan · tavern · alehouse · Southwark
Seeking to obtain
- disorderly conductCriminal public disturbance charge
- vice squadPolice targeting illegal indulgences
- raidSudden armed incursion
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
indecency · arrest · statute · ordinance · licensing · closure · fine · enforcement
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- Measure for MeasureElizabethan problem comedy
- ribaldVulgarly amusing
- comedicRelating to humor
burlesque · innuendo · double entendre · stage · satire · romp · costume drama · wit
brothel
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
courtesan · prostitution · vice · Whitechapel · Victorian · Elizabethan · tavern · alehouse · Southwark · libertine
solicitation
Seeking to obtain
- disorderly conductCriminal public disturbance charge
- vice squadPolice targeting illegal indulgences
- raidSudden armed incursion
prosecution · indecency · arrest · statute · ordinance · licensing · closure · fine · enforcement · injunction
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- Measure for MeasureElizabethan problem comedy
- ribaldVulgarly amusing
comedic · burlesque · innuendo · double entendre · stage · satire · romp · costume drama · wit · scandal