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单词 cathouse
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cathouse

[ kat-hous ]
/ ˈkætˌhaʊs /
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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

Words nearby cathouse

catholicity, catholicize, catholicon, catholicos, catholicus, cathouse, Cathy, Catilinarian, Catiline, cation, cation exchange
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Example sentences 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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