massage parlor

American  

noun

1. a commercial establishment providing massages.

2. a commercial establishment providing sexual services under the guise of offering massages.

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Etymology

Origin of massage parlor

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

A suspect in two separate massage parlor robberies was wearing the same outfit, court records show.

From Los Angeles Times

Told she has “magic hands” as a masseuse in prison, Roach opens a massage parlor in the same building as an empanada shop.

From Seattle Times

In 2020, Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against Kraft after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly showed him paying for massage parlor sex.

From Seattle Times

“Even jail isn’t like that,” said Wu Qunlin, 56, who runs a massage parlor here, recalling the two-week barricade in July — his second lockdown this year.

From New York Times

It's auto shops and massage parlors now, but back in the thirties, it was a row of brick, shotgun-style houses, where upper middle class Black families lived.

From Scientific American