a bawdy house

a bawdy house
эвф.
(a bawdy (или disorderly) house (тж. a house of disrepute, of ill fame, of ill repute или of tolerance; амер. a parlor house))
дом терпимости, публичный дом [a house of tolerance этим. фр. maison de tolérance]

Grace Louisa Smedley, 42, was given a maximum sentence of six month hard labour... for keeping a disorderly house. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Friday’) — Грейс Луиза Смедли, 42 лет, была приговорена к максимальному наказанию - шести месяцам каторжных работ за содержание дома терпимости.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • bawdy house — n old use a place where women have sex with men for money …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bawdy house — bawdy ,house noun count an old word meaning brothel …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bawdy house — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: bawdy (II) + house : brothel …   Useful english dictionary

  • bawdy-house — A house of ill fame; a house of prostitution; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. A place for convenience of people of both sexes in resorting to lewdness, a… …   Black's law dictionary

  • bawdy-house — A house of ill fame; a house of prostitution; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. A place for convenience of people of both sexes in resorting to lewdness, a… …   Black's law dictionary

  • bawdy-house — n. Brothel, stew, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill fame …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • bawdy-house — noun A brothel; a house of prostitution …   Wiktionary

  • bawdy house — brothel, house of prostitution …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bawdy house — A house of prostitution, most frequently called a whorehouse. 42 Am J1st Prost § 3 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • bawdy-house — bawdˈy house noun (archaic) A brothel • • • Main Entry: ↑bawd …   Useful english dictionary

  • keeper of a bawdy house or house of ill fame — A person who has control, proprietorship, or management of the house in question. State v. Weston, 235 Iowa 148, 15 N.W.2d 922, 923 See house of ill fame; bawdy house …   Black's law dictionary


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