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House of prostitution   /haʊs əv prˌɑstətˈuʃən/   Listen
House of prostitution

noun
1.
A building where prostitutes are available.  Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, sporting house, whorehouse.





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"House of prostitution" Quotes from Famous Books



... fined or imprisoned, and the other inmates of the house put through trial as accused of being "common prostitutes" and inmates of an unlicensed brothel, and if the Registrar General so decided, the house from which they came declared in the Government Gazette as a licensed house of prostitution. The keepers of licensed brothels, slave-dealers, procurers and such characters hung around the court room to help these women pay their fines, and so get them under bonds to work off these fines by prostitution. Sometimes the women sold their children instead of themselves. ...
— Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers • Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew and Katharine Caroline Bushnell
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... every mother, to impart that moral influence which may guide and direct the youth of the land into the natural channels of morality, chastity and health. Then, and not till then, shall we see righteous laws and rightly enforced for the mitigation and extermination of the modern house of prostitution. ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
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Words linked to "House of prostitution" :   massage parlor, edifice, building


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