bawdy house

noun, plural bawd·y·hous·es

[baw-dee-hou-ziz] .

a brothel.

Origin:
1545–55; bawdy + house

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bawdyhouse (ˈbɔːdɪˌhaʊs)

—n
	an archaic word for brothel

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Bawdy house is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Main Entry:	bawdy house
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	a brothel, bordello
Example:	First, they had a beer at the bawdy house.
Etymology:	1552
Usage:	obsolete

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