- bawd|y|house
- bawd|y|house «B dee HOWS», noun.= brothel. (Cf. ↑brothel)
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Bawd — Bawd, n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. {Bold}, {Bawdry}.] A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bawdy-house — bawdˈy house noun (archaic) A brothel • • • Main Entry: ↑bawd … Useful english dictionary
bawd — the keeper of a brothel Standard English, from the original meaning, dirt: ... like sanctified and pious bawds The better to beguile. (Shakespeare, Hamlet) Bawdy has many of the meanings of dirty1. A bawdy house is a brothel: I… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
bawd — noun Etymology: Middle English bawde Date: 14th century 1. obsolete pander 2. a. one who keeps a house of prostitution ; madam b. prostitute … New Collegiate Dictionary
bawd — noun /bɔd/ a) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; b) A lewd person … Wiktionary
bawd — A madam of a house of prostitution; a procuress; a prostitute. Dyer v Morris, 3 Mo 214, 216 … Ballentine's law dictionary
naughty-house — obsolete a brothel From the sense, wicked: This house, if it be not a bawd s house, it is pity of her life, for it is a naughty house. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure) Naughty lady, a prostitute, seems to have survived into… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
bawdyhouse — bawd•y•house [[t]ˈbɔ diˌhaʊs[/t]] n. pl. hous•es [[t] ˌhaʊ zɪz[/t]] a brothel • Etymology: 1545–55 … From formal English to slang
Elizabeth Needham — (right foreground) as portrayed in William Hogarth s A Harlot s Progress Elizabeth Needham (died 3 May 1731), also known as Mother Needham, was an English procuress and brothel keeper of 18th century London, who has been identified as the bawd… … Wikipedia
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