DEFINITIONS

cathouse

[ kat-hous ]
/ ˈkætˌhaʊs /
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noun, plural cat·hous·es [kat-hou-ziz] /ˈkætˌhaʊ zɪz/. Slang.

a brothel; whorehouse.

Words related to cathouse

bordello, bagnio, whorehouse, brothel, bawdyhouse

Words nearby cathouse

catholicity, catholicize, catholicon, catholicos, catholicus, cathouse, cathy, catilinarian, catiline, cation, cation exchange

Origin of cathouse

1595–1605, for earlier sense of “siege tower”; 1930–35 for current sense; cat (in obsolete sense of “prostitute”) + house
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Examples from the Web for cathouse

  • Went out of here to die, get drunk, go back to work in a cathouse or pushing dope—I don't care.

    The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn

British Dictionary definitions for cathouse

cathouse
/ (ˈkætˌhaʊs) /

noun

US and Canadian a slang word for brothel
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