whorehouse
House of prostitution
A whorehouse is a vulgar term for a brothel: The old mining town had three saloons and a whorehouse.
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- cathouseSlang for brothel
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
- madamFormal address for women
prostitute · sex worker · parlor · clientele · discreet · backroom · upstairs · neon sign
Bad habit or deputy
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
regulation · license · health inspection · Nevada · Amsterdam · zoning · solicitation · crackdown
Drinking establishment, often frontier
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- Gold RushHistoric prospector migration
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
concubine · harem · Victorian · burlesque · fallen woman · scarlet woman · tenderloin · red lantern
brothel
Commercial sex establishment
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- cathouseSlang for brothel
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
madam · prostitute · sex worker · parlor · clientele · discreet · backroom · upstairs · neon sign · hourly rate
vice
Bad habit or deputy
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
legalization · regulation · license · health inspection · Nevada · Amsterdam · zoning · solicitation · crackdown · sting operation
saloon
Drinking establishment, often frontier
courtesan · concubine · harem · Victorian · burlesque · fallen woman · scarlet woman · tenderloin · red lantern · madame
- vice densbrothel, opium den, speakeasy, gambling den, den of iniquity