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chophouse

American  
[chop-haus] / ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

  • chophouses
    plural
  1. a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.


chophouse 1 British  
/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chophouse 2 British  
/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. (formerly) a customs house in China

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of chophouse

First recorded in 1680–90; chop 1 + house


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New York City’s 133-year-old chophouse Peter Luger began offering a delivery option and started accepting credit cards for the first time ever.

From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2020

The chophouse format is one of the nucleotides in America’s dining DNA, at once codified and constantly adapting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

Of course it would be a shame to pass up a meal at the local chophouse Elway's, owned by Bronco QB legend John Elway.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 19, 2016

Cannon was converted by the end of the first round after watching Clay reduce Liston to “an aged chophouse waiter with bad feet carrying a heavy tray.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2016

A few minutes later they were seated at a little table in a secluded corner of the doctor’s favorite chophouse.

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

Television and newspaper executives, in town for a look-see, sat down to steaks at downtown chophouses while rookie embed reporters drank at the Mexican dive El Bait Shop.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020

But while they’re renowned, these chophouses are notoriously expensive, and reservations aren’t always easy to snag.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019

We have said a good deal, now and then, about some of the taverns and chophouses we enjoy; but the one that tingles most strongly in our bosom is one that doesn't exist.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

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