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noun porterhouses · porter house

  1. Canada, US A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin; a porterhouse steak.
  2. Canada, US, historical A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc. He contrived the same afternoon to introduce himself to one of the footmen of Lady Horatia at the porter house he frequented […].

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@misc{porterhouse_2026,
  title = {porterhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porterhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}