cathouse

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cathouse

/ˈkat.haʊs/

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Compound of cat + house.

noun cathouses · cat-house · cat house

US, slang A brothel. Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses, listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars […]?
Similar: academy, bagnio, bawdy house, bawdy-house, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, brothel house, cat house, cat-house, cathouse, common house
literally, rare Any small house, structure or fold used to house a cat. Alot^([sic]) of great work is being done all throughout blog land in terms of raising the money to build a cathouse for homeless kitties here at the daily dose.

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@misc{cathouse_2026,
  title = {cathouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cathouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}