porterhouse
noun
a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T -shaped bone, cut from the short loin and similar to a T-bone steak but with a larger portion of tenderloin.
porterhouses
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pluralof porterhouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“And then we had a bunch of porterhouses on the table. Everyone was loving that, just to kind of pick on. It’s a great family style.”
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2021
What does he mean, sendin' Miss Sally porterhouses, when she only orders flank steak, like he was wrappin' up love and affection into every steak?
From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Ellis Parker Butler
Money—I could sleep in only one bed at a time, and of what worth was an income of a hundred porterhouses a day when I could eat only one?
From John Barleycorn by Jack London
Well, there goes as pretty a bunch of porterhouses as I'd want to put tooth to.
From Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
