bawdy house

In 1981, some 286 men were charged under these outdated laws in Toronto for being at a bawdy house.

Not since Miss Kitty of “Gunsmoke” hosted Marshal Dillon, Chester and Doc every night at the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City has life in a bawdy house seemed so amiable.

He shows up at the royal court now and then, but mostly divides his time between the tavern and the bawdy house.

“We have two distilleries, 11 drinking establishments, one bawdy house, and at all the drinking establishments, as at our three hotels, gambling is openly practiced, and Sunday is no exception. These are influences we have had to encounter in our efforts to build up an institution of learning. I need not say it is discouraging and well nigh hopeless.”

For years, he stored his trove — which included thousands of items, from 19th-century “bawdy house coins” to magazines, videotapes, photographs, dolls and devices — at his Clinton, Md., home, which he shared with his mother.