cathouse

[ kat-hous ]
/ ˈkætˌhaʊs /

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

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