chophouse

[ chop-hous ]

/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural chop·hous·es

[chop-hou-ziz]. /ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.

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Origin of chophouse

First recorded in 1680–90; chop¹ + house

Words nearby chophouse

chop, chopa, chopblock, chop-chop, chopfallen, chophouse, chopin, chopine, Chopin, Frédéric, choplogic, chop mark

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How to use chophouse in a sentence

Noses are offended by garlic, swill and fried meat coming from some chophouse.
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A scalemakers, a fine-drawers, and Bettys chophouse, were all to be found there.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
During two decades "Chamberlin's," half clubhouse and half chophouse, was all a rendezvous.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2)|Henry Watterson
Then its glory departed as a centre of speculations, but its renown as an old-fashioned chophouse remained till 1873.
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison|Austin Biron Bidwell

My favorite chophouse has ever been a hardwood floor, a loaf of Mills Seminary maiden, and a roof of flat piano.
The Little Lady of the Big House|Jack London
That is the chophouse that might be put in the cellar of that glorious old round-towered building at 59 Ann Street.
Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for chophouse (1 of 2)

chophouse¹

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

noun

a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc

British Dictionary definitions for chophouse (2 of 2)

chophouse²

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

noun

(formerly) a customs house in China

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