Reverse Dictionary: BROTHEL

ADJECTIVES 
1593 ► IMBROTHELED placed in a brothel → obs.

NOUNS
1541 ► BAINS brothels 
1552 ► BAWDY-HOUSE a brothel 
1556 ► HOT-HOUSE a brothel 
1583 ► SUBURB-GARDEN a brothel → sl.
1595 ► BUMBLE-BATH a bed or room in a brothel → obs.
1596 ► LEAPING HOUSE a brothel → obs.
1596 ► VAULTING HOUSE a brothel → obs.
1596 ► VAULTING-DOOR the door of a ‘vaulting-house’ (brothel) → obs.
..L16 ► OCCUPYING-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..L16 ► VICTUALLING-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..17C ► HOUSE OF RESORT a brothel → Shakespeare usage
..17C ► OCCUPANT a brothel → sl.
..17C ► VROW-CASE a brothel → Brit. cant
..17C ► SMOCK ALLEY those streets occupied by brothels → sl.
1603 ► NAUGHTY-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1606 ► VAULTING-SCHOOL a brothel → obs.
1607 ► GARDEN-HOUSE a brothel; a house kept for immoral purposes → obs.
1611 ► HOUSE OF SALE a brothel → Shakespeare usage
1622 ► RED-GRATE a tavern or brothel, or both combined → sl.
1623 ► HOUSE OF PROFESSION a brothel → Shakespeare usage
1623 ► PROSTIBULE a brothel; a house of prostitution → obs.
1624 ► BAGNIO a brothel; a house of prostitution 
.M17 ► PRICK OFFICE a brothel staffed by heterosexual male prostitutes, or a group of regular brothel patrons → sl.
.M17 ► DANCING ACADEMY a brothel → sl.
.M17 ► DANCING SCHOOL a brothel → sl.
.M17 ► HOLE IN THE WALL a brothel → sl.
1654 ► HOUSE OF ILL FAME a brothel → arch.
1659 ► HARLOT-HOUSE a brothel 
1690 ► ACADEMY a brothel → Eng. sl.
1696 ► NANNY-SHOP a brothel → sl.
..L17 ► HUMMUM a brothel → sl.
..18C ► ACCOMMODATION HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..18C ► LADIES’ COLLEGE a brothel → sl.
..18C ► SMUGGLING-KEN a brothel → sl.
1700 ► NANNY-HOUSE a brothel; a bawdy-house 
1725 ► PUSHING SCHOOL a brothel → sl., obs.
1725 ► SMUGGLING-KEN a brothel → cant obs.
1726 ► HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE  a brothel → arch.
1749 ► ILL HOUSE a brothel; a house of ill fame 
.M18 ► NUGGING-HOUSE a brothel → cant
.M18 ► NUGGING-KEN a brothel → cant
1766 ► KIP a brothel → sl.
1766 ► KIP-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1766 ► KIP-SHOP a brothel → sl.
1785 ► CUNNY-WARREN a brothel → sl. obs.
..19C ► BREAD-AND-BUTTER-WAREHOUSE a brothel (spec. Ranelagh Gardens) → sl.
..19C ► PREMISES a brothel → euphemism
..19C ► ASSIGNATION HOUSE a brothel → euphemism
..19C ► BADGER-CRIB a brothel → sl.
..19C ► BUM-SHOP a brothel → sl.
..19C ► BUTTOCKING KEN a brothel → sl.
..19C ► BUTTON-HOLE FACTORY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► CASE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► CAVAULTING SCHOOL a brothel → sl.
..19C ► CORINTH a brothel → sl.
..19C ► COUPLING-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► COVENT GARDEN NUNNERY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► CUNT-SHOP a brothel → sl.
..19C ► DISORDERLY-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FINISHING-ACADEMY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FISH-POUND a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FLESH-MARKET a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FLESH-POT a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FUCKERY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► GAY HOUSE a brothel → Brit. & US sl.
..19C ► GIRLERY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► GOAL a brothel → sl.
..19C ► GREEN-GROCERY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► GRINDING-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► HOCK-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► HOOK-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► HOUSE OF ACCOMMODATION a brothel → sl.
..19C ► HOUSE OF CIVIL RECEPTION a brothel → sl.
..19C ► KNOCKING-HOUSE a brothel → Brit. sl.
..19C ► KNOCKING-JOINT a brothel → Brit. sl.
..19C ► MEAT-FANCIER’S HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► MEAT-FANCIER’S MARKET a brothel → sl.
..19C ► MOLLY-SHOP a brothel → sl.
..19C ► NUMBER 9 a brothel → sl.
..19C ► NUNNERY a brothel → sl.
..19C ► PUSHING-SCHOOL a brothel → sl.
..19C ► STEWS a brothel → sl.
..19C ► TOUCH-CRIB a brothel → sl.
..19C ► TRUGGING-KEN a brothel → sl.
..19C ► WARREN a brothel → sl.
..19C ► WHORE-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..19C ► WHORE-SHOP a brothel → sl.
..19C ► FLASH-DRUM a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl.
..19C ► FLASH-HOUSE a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl.
..19C ► FLASH-KEN a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl.
..E19 ► BAWDY KEN a brothel → sl.
..E19 ► BODIKIN a brothel → sl.
1811 ► BUTTOCKING SHOP a brothel → sl.
1811 ► CAB a brothel → sl.
1811 ► FLASH-PANNY a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl.
1821 ► HOUSE OF EVIL FAME a brothel → obs.
.M19 ► LADIES’ BOARDING HOUSE a brothel → → sl.
.M19 ► MOT-CASE a brothel → sl.
.M19 ► FISH-MARKET a brothel; a low brothel with bad-smelling whores → Brit. sl.
1855 ► SPORTING HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1857 ► CRIB a brothel → sl., chiefly US
1857 ► CRIB-HOUSE a brothel → sl., chiefly US
1857 ► CRIB-JOINT a brothel → sl., chiefly US
1857 ► SPORTING HOUSE a brothel; a place for dissipation → US sl.
1859 ► DRUM a brothel → sl., chiefly US
1860 ► PANEL CRIB → PANEL-DEN → PANEL-HOUSE → PANEL JOINT → PANEL STORE a brothel in which the walls have sliding panels for the purpose of robbery 
1860 ► KNOCKING-SHOP a brothel → sl.
1864 ► FANCY-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1864 ► LUPANAR a brothel 
1865 ► HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
1866 ► MOLL CRIB a brothel → Amer. sl.
1869 ► FAST HOUSE a brothel → US sl.
1872 ► NAUTCH a brothel; a striptease; a sex show of any kind → US sl.
1872 ► PARLOR HOUSE → PARLOUR HOUSE a high-class brothel, situated in what appears to be a fashionably furnished middle-class house, and run by a complaisant ‘aunt’ whose bevy of attractive ‘nieces’ gather in the front parlour to meet, and make themselves available to visitors; cheaper brothels had little more than bedrooms in which one had sex → sl., chiefly US
1879 ► THE LANDLADY’S a brothel → US sl.
1880 ► THE RAG the regimental brothel → Indian Army (non-officers’) usage
1889 ► HOOK-SHOP a brothel → sl.
1891 ► HOUSE OF ACCOMMODATION a house where prostitutes take their clients, a brothel → arch.
1893 ► FLASH-CASE a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► FLASH-CRIB a brothel; a haunt of loose women → sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► FLASH-DISPENSARY a swell brothel → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► MEAT-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
..L19 ► CALL HOUSE a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment → sl.
..L19 ► DIVE a brothel → US sl.
..L19 ► BARREL-HOUSE a brothel; a cheap saloon → US sl.
..L19 ► FAIRY HOUSE a male brothel for homosexuals → US homosexual sl.
..L19 ► FAIRY JOINT a male brothel for homosexuals → US homosexual sl.
..20C ► BAG-SHANTY a brothel → Brit. navy sl.
..20C ► BAND-BOX a brothel → Brit. sl.
..20C ► BAND-HOUSE a brothel → Brit. sl.
..20C ► BAT HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
..20C ► CRACKER a brothel → Aust. sl.
..20C ► HOUSE OF LEWDNESS a brothel → US
..20C ► JACKSIE a brothel → Amer. sl.
..20C ► LOOSE-LOVE CENTER a brothel → US
..20C ► MOLL SHOP a brothel → sl.
..20C ► ONERY-HOUSE a brothel → US
..20C ► SPORTER a brothel → Jamaican
..20C ► SPORT-HOUSE a brothel → W. Indies
..20C ► WALK-UP a brothel → US
..20C ► WINDOW TAPPERY a brothel → US criminals’ sl.
..20C ► CHEAP JOHN a cheap brothel; a flophouse → Amer. sl.
..20C ► BANG a brothel → W. Indies
..20C ► CAMP a brothel → US
..E20 ► FLESH-FACTORY a brothel → US sl.
..E20 ► NOTCHERIE → NOTCHERY a brothel → US sl.
..E20 ► NOTCH-JOINT a brothel → US sl.
1900 ► CAN HOUSE a brothel → US sl.
1904 ► HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS a brothel → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► QUEAN-HOUSE a brothel → Eng. dial (Bk.).
1910 ► CALL APARTMENT a brothel → US sl.
1910 ► SMOONGY a brothel → Amer. sl.
1911 ► BORDEL a brothel → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BORDEL-HOUSE a brothel → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 ► CATS’ NEST a brothel; a house of ill repute → Amer. dial.
1913 ► CREEP-HOUSE a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients → US sl.
1913 ► CALL HOUSE a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → Amer. sl.
1916 ► CALL FLAT a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → Amer. sl.
1916 ► CALL JOINT a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → Amer. sl.
1916 ► CAT WAGON a travelling brothel; a wagon that carried women of easy virtue who plied their trade along the cattle trials or on the range → Amer. dial.
1920 ► BED-HOUSE a brothel → African-American sl.
1920 ► DOOR a brothel → Aust. sl.
1920 ► ICE PALACE a high-class brothel or saloon → US criminals’ sl.
1921 ► CREEP JOINT a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients → US sl.
1924 ► CHIPPIE JOINT → CHIPPY JOINT a brothel → Amer. sl.
1927 ► JAZZ HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
1928 ► FANDANGO HOUSE a brothel → Amer. dial.
1928 ► SLAUGHTER-HOUSE a cheap brothel → sl.
1929 ► CHIPPY HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
1929 ► NAUTCH HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
1930 ► CAB JOINT a brothel whose customers are spotted and transported by taxi drivers → sl., orig. US
1930 ► ZOO a brothel whose workers come from ‘all nations’ → sl.
1931 ► OLD LADIES’ HOME a brothel where decorum and the proprieties must be observed → US sl.
1931 ► CAT-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1931 ► NOTCH-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1931 ► PEG-HOUSE a brothel; a meeting-place for male homosexuals → US sl.
1932 ► FAIRY JOINT a male brothel for homosexuals → US homosexual sl.
1933 ► LONG-HOUSE a brothel → Amer. dial.
1935 ► JOOK → JUKE a brothel → sl., orig. US
1935 ► JUKE-HOUSE a brothel → sl., orig. US
1935 ► JUKE-JOINT a brothel → sl., orig. US
1935 ► NAUTCH JOINT a brothel → Amer. sl.
1940 ► JOY-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1942 ► NAUTCHERY a brothel → Amer. sl.
1943 ► RIB-JOINT a brothel → US sl.
1948 ► HOUSE OF JOY a brothel → US sl.
1949 ► MONKEY HOUSE a brothel → US sl.
.M20 ► JAG-HOUSE a brothel offering male prostitutes for males → US sl.
.M20 ► BAND a brothel → Aust. sl.
1950 ► CAKE SHOP a brothel → Aust. sl.
1950 ► BARREL-HOUSE a brothel;  orig. a combination cheap saloon, brothel, and rooming house → US sl.
1960 ► CHICKEN-HOUSE a brothel → sl.
1960 ► CHICKEN RANCH a brothel → sl.
1963 ► MALEHOUSE a homosexual brothel → US sl.
1970 ► SKIN-HOUSE a brothel or place where the entertainment is of a sexual nature → US sl.
1970 ► TRACK ONE the brothel district of a city; the red-light district → Canadian police sl.
1975 ► BIRD CAGE a brothel → US sl. (Bk.)
1983 ► LOVE FACTORY a brothel → US sl.
1984 ► BANG HOUSE a brothel → Amer. sl.
1997 ► HONKY-TONK a brothel → US sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► CARSEY → KARSEY a brothel → UK sl.
2006 ► FUCK-HOUSE a brothel; a house of prostitution → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1362 ► BALDYSTROT → BAUDSTROT → BAWSTROP → BAWDSTROT a bawd, male or female; a pander; a procuress → obs.
1362 ► BAUD a brothel-keeper; a procurer or procuress; a harlot 
1426 ► MACKAREL → MACKEREL → MACRELL → MAQUERELL a bawd; a pimp; one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a procurer or procuress → obs.
1500 ► BALESTROD a bawd, a procurer → Sc.
1500 ► BALDSTROD a bawd, a procuress → Sc.
1513 ► VENUS’ HEN-WIFE a bawd → obs.
1552 ► MOTHER a woman who runs a brothel; a madam; now chiefly used as a title 
1591 ► ABBOT a brothel-keeper’s husband or lover; a bawd’s man; a ponce → sl.
1592 ► BELLSWAGGER a bawd, a pimp, a whoremonger, a womanizer → obs.
1594 ► BED-BROKER a pander, a pimp → obs.
1594 ► ABBESS a woman in charge of a brothel; a madam; a bawd; a procuress 
..17C ► AUNTIE → AUNTY a brothel madam; a bawd; an old prostitute → sl.
..17C ► FLESH-MONGER the male keeper of a brothel; a procurer; a pimp → sl.
..E17 ► SMOCKSTER a madam or a pimp → Brit. sl.
1606 ► AUNT the manager of a brothel; a bawd; a prostitute → UK sl.
1607 ► WAFER-WOMAN a bawd; a procuress, a madame → sl.
1616 ► HACKNEY WOMAN a woman who obtains a prostitute for a client; a procuress → obs.
1625 ► MAN-HUCKSTER ‘a mistress of the male stews’ (brothel) → obs.
1627 ► MACRIO a bawd; a pimp; a procurer or procuress; one who ministers to sexual debauchery → obs.
1629 ► MOTHER OF THE MAIDS a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam → UK sl.
1631 ► HECTOR a bouncer, esp. of a brothel 
.M17 ► PUSS a prostitute; a madame → sl.
1659 ► SUBURBAN-ROARER a bawdy-house bully; a pimp → sl.
1698 ► BUTTOCK BROKER a bawd; a match-maker → sl.
..L17 ► FLESH-BROKER a bawd; a procuress → sl.
..L17 ► LADY ABBESS a brothel-keeper; a madame → sl.
1715 ► MOTHER a madam → US
1730 ► HACK a bawd; a prostitute 
1731 ► CAPTAIN a bawdy-house bully → sl.
1741 ► HEYDERDAN an old brothel-keeper who has been whipped ‘at the cart’s tail’ (the victim would be tied to the back of a cart and forced to walk along behind the cart as he was whipped; whether male or female, the victim would be stripped to the waist before the whipping began; the number of lashes (times whipped) and the distance travelled varied from crime to crime) → UK criminals’ sl.
1744 ► PADRONA a woman who keeps a brothel, hotel, or inn → chiefly in Italian-speaking communities
1748 ► MOTHER ABBESS a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam → UK sl.
.M18 ► KIP-KEEPER a brothel-keeper; a madame → sl.
1766 ► WAGON-HUNTER an agent of a brothel-keeper who for base purposes visited the inns at which the stage-wagons stopped → cant obs.
1775 ► BELLY-SWAGGER a bawd, a pimp; a whoremonger, a lecher → obs.
1785 ► MINE AUNT the madam of a brothel or bawdy-house → sl.
1796 ► GAP-STOPPER a person who runs a brothel; a whoremonger → sl. (Bk.)
1796 ► BAWDRESS a woman bawd → obs.
..19C ► MEAT-MERCHANT a bawd → sl.
..19C ► ABBOT ON THE CROSS a brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution → Brit. sl.
..19C ► MEAT-MONGER a male who is a brothel keeper → Brit. sl.
..19C ► CROZIERED ABBOT the bully of a brothel → sl.
..19C ► ABBOT ON THE CROSS the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel ‘bouncer’ → Brit. sl.
1825 ► BISMARE a bawd; a lewd woman → Sc.
1848 ► SHE-BOSS a female brothel-keeper → US sl.
.M19 ► OUTSIDE MAN  the ‘steerer’ for a brothel → sl., orig. US
1874 ► BISMAR a keeper of a brothel; a bawd → Sc. (Bk.)
1879 ► MADAM → MADAME a bawd; the proprietor of a male or female brothel 
1889 ► BADGER a male whorehouse manager → UK criminals’ sl.
1890 ► MACKAWL a bawd → sl. (Bk.)
..L19 ► DAB a bawd → sl.
..L19 ► PARCEL a British woman sold into a foreign brothel → sl.
1904 ► WAFERER a pander; a male bawd → sl. (Bk.)
1910 ► TAXI STEERER a cab driver who steers customers to a whorehouse; he usually receives payment from the house and the customer → US criminals’ sl.
1927 ► BEARD-JAMMER a person who conducts a brothel; a pimp → US sl.
1933 ► HE-MADAME a male who manages a whorehouse → criminals’ sl.
1939 ► LANDLADY the proprietress of a brothel; a madam → US sl.
1946 ► MAMA-SAN an elderly or middle-aged East Asian woman who manages a brothel → Amer. sl.
1987 ► LINE collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment → US sl.
2002 ► B-GIRL a girl who works in a brothel where drinks are sold → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2005 ► BISMER a pander or bawd; a disgraceful or lewd person → S. Afr. sl.

VERBS
..L16 ► GO TO ST. PAUL’S FOR A WIFE to visit a brothel → sl.
..L16 ► GO TO WESTMINSTER FOR A WIFE to visit a brothel → sl.