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Examples of bawdy house in a Sentence
a frontier mining town that had few diversions other than the local bawdy house
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.
—Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.
—Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 7 Apr. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1552, in the meaning defined above
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“Bawdy house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy%20house. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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