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chophouse

American  
[chop-hous] / ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

chophouses

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

chophouse 1 British  
/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

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

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chophouse 2 British  
/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. (formerly) a customs house in China

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Etymology

Origin of chophouse

First recorded in 1680–90; chop 1 + house

Example Sentences

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At that Brooklyn chophouse, three partners brought a famous-but-closed restaurant out of dormancy and then pulled it through a yearlong Covid delay to become one of the critical and popular dining successes of 2021.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

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

Of course someone ought to endow Don and set him permanently at the head of a chophouse table, presiding over a kind of Mermaid coterie of robust wits.

From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher

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