bawdy house
House of sin
A bawdy house is a brothel—a place where prostitution occurs.
The term is old-fashioned and appears mainly in legal contexts or period literature: The police raided the bawdy house on Third Street.
It carries a quaint, almost euphemistic quality compared to more direct terms.
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- house of prostitutionCommercial sex venue
- cathouseSlang for brothel
- madamFormal address for women
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
house of ill repute · den of iniquity · pimp · massage parlor · harlot · lady of the night · fallen woman · scarlet woman · sex work · oldest profession · working girl · crib · prostitution · human trafficking · escort · trick · stew · courtesan
- adult venuesstrip club, adult theater, sex shop, gentlemens club, adult bookstore
- cantcant, flash, patter, lingo, cove
- Tudor Roguesrogue, vagabond, cutpurse, pickpocket, ruffler
- vice densopium den, speakeasy, gambling den, crack house, trap house
moral respectability of establishment
bawdy houseconvent
Religious sisters' dwelling
monastery · finishing school · nunnery · gentleman's club · seminary
sacred vs profane space
bawdy housechurch
Place of Christian worship
temple · house of God · house of worship · cathedral · chapel