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cathouse

[kat-hous]

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

a brothel; whorehouse.

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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Related Words for cathouse

bordello, bagnio, whorehouse, brothel, bawdyhouse

Examples from the Web for cathouse

Historical Examples of 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

noun

US and Canadian a slang word for brothel

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