"massage parlor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: massage parlors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} massage parlor (plural massage parlors)
  1. A place where clients can pay for a massage. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-massage_parlor-en-noun-SITG04v5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. A place that offers a happy ending (a hand job) after the massage; a front organization for a brothel. Tags: US Categories (topical): Massage, Prostitution Synonyms: brothel, massage parlour Synonyms (brothel): rub and tug Translations (place that sells massages): 按摩店 (ànmódiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 按摩館 (Chinese Mandarin), 按摩馆 (ànmóguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 按摩院 (ànmóyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), masaĝejo (Esperanto), hieromalaitos (Finnish), hierontaliike (Finnish), salon de massage [masculine] (French), Massagesalon [masculine] (German), మర్దనశాల (mardanaśāla) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-massage_parlor-en-noun-yHzgZesY Disambiguation of Massage: 42 58 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 14 86 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American English: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'brothel': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'place that sells massages': 40 60

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