bawdy-house

== English == === Alternative forms === bawdy house, bawdyhouse === Noun === bawdy-house (plural bawdy-houses) (now chiefly historical, formal) A brothel; a house of prostitution. 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, number 29, page 7. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== bawdy-house bottle