Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A house of prostitution.
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- noun US, slang A
brothel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
Etymologies
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Examples
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A cathouse is an evil, sinful place where some men go to play cards, drink spirits, and … um … talk to bad women.
Breathless Laura Lee Guhrke 1999
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A cathouse is an evil, sinful place where some men go to play cards, drink spirits, and … um … talk to bad women.
Breathless Laura Lee Guhrke 1999
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A cathouse is an evil, sinful place where some men go to play cards, drink spirits, and … um … talk to bad women.
Breathless Laura Lee Guhrke 1999
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That's just the kind of cathouse name your mama would come up with.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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That's just the kind of cathouse name your mama would come up with.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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The Sgt replied, “Well sir, usually the men just ride it into town and go to the cathouse.”
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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Lynette, the waitress/cleaning gal, was the girl-next-door type, if you happened to live next to a cathouse.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Lynette, the waitress/cleaning gal, was the girl-next-door type, if you happened to live next to a cathouse.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Carl reminds me of that old joke about the southern church lady who went to work at the local cathouse doing laundry and making beds because her family needed the money.
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Talking to reporters, Dennis Hof of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch said, "Harry Reid will have to pry the cathouse keys from my cold, dead hands."
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