cathouse

See also: cat-house and cat house

English

Alternative forms

• cat-house

Etymology

cat +‎ house

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkathaʊs/

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Noun

cathouse (plural cathouses)

1. (US, slang) A brothel.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 5:

     Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses, listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars [...]?

2. Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a cat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:brothel

See also

• red light district
• prostitute

Anagrams

• hot sauce, house cat, housecat, soutache