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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An establishment that offers therapeutic massage.
  2. n. An establishment that offers illicit sexual services under the guise of therapeutic massage.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A place where clients can pay for a massage.
  2. n. A brothel.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a business establishment that offers therapeutic massage
  2. n. a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage

Examples

  • “Hidden belowground at the corner of Stockton Street—sandwiched between a dried-herb store and a massage parlor that doubles as a hair salon—Joy Lok is a family resource center frequented by new immigrant families to Chinatown.”

    Simon & Schuster: American Chinatown

  • “The jeep stopped in front of the building with a weirdly lettered cardboard sign in the window: suzy wong's massage parlor and bar — american food and beer.”

    1968

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  1. business establishment
  2. place of business
  1. house of ill repute
  2. bagnio
  1. bordello
  2. house of prostitution
  1. brothel
  2. bawdyhouse
  1. whorehouse
  2. cathouse
  1. sporting house

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