call house

noun

Definition of call housenext
as in bawdy house

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  1. bawdy house
  2. crib
  3. massage parlor
  4. brothel
Noun
  • 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
Definition of bawdy house
Noun
  • And research dating back decades has frequently found high concentrations in people’s homes, with sources including wooden toys, baby cribs, arts and crafts supplies, and air fresheners.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Relief for a Flint family Angeline Gordon, a Flint mom of three, spent her cash payments on a crib, bills and groceries.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of crib
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the workers take nightmarish jobs in restaurants and massage parlors in China, weld on construction sites in an undisclosed Eastern European state, or on construction sites while living in miserable conditions in the Middle East with few—if any—human rights provisions.
    Sarah E. Mendelson, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2015
  • Brooklyn man charged with violent rape, detailed by prosecutors, and robbery of massage parlor worker Izzeddin was initially ordered held on $20,000 bail, but on Wednesday was released without bail after Alwi was arrested.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2024
Definition of massage parlor
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  • The song powerfully captured Piaf’s own perseverance through a troubled life that included being abandoned at birth and raised in a brothel, only to endure an adulthood marked by personal calamities, physical ailments and drug and alcohol use before her death at 47 in 1963.
    Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The divorce papers were signed in July 2015, but in October, he was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of brothel
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