cathouse
House of prostitution
A cathouse is a brothel.
The term is American slang, slightly old-fashioned but still understood: The old mining town had saloons and cathouses on every block.
The name likely derives from the association of cats with promiscuity.
brothel
Commercial sex establishment
- madamFormal address for women
- red-lightTraffic control commanding halt
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- parlorFormal room for visitors
johns · sex work · escort · working girls · solicitation · vice · streetwalker · pimp
bordello
Commercial sex establishment
- madamFormal address for women
- red-lightTraffic control commanding halt
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
parlor · johns · sex work · escort · working girls · solicitation · vice · streetwalker · pimp · courtesan
cattery
Feline breeding establishment
rescue · strays · litter box · scratching post · fostering · spay · neuter · feral · mouser · tabby
- adult venuesstrip club, adult theater, sex shop, gentlemens club, adult bookstore
- vice densopium den, speakeasy, gambling den, den of iniquity, den of vice
- vice industriesstrip clubs, porn, pornography, adult entertainment, sex shops
type of establishment
cathousefamily home
Residence shared by kin
nursery · daycare center · kindergarten · Sunday school · retirement home