Definition of Chophouse

1. Noun. A restaurant that specializes in steaks.

Exact synonyms: Steakhouse
Generic synonyms: Eatery, Eating House, Eating Place, Restaurant

Definition of Chophouse

1. n. A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.

2. n. A customhouse where transit duties are levied.

Definition of Chophouse

1. Noun. A restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse ¹

2. Noun. (context: China) A custom house where transit duties are levied. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chophouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chophouse

chop logic
chop off
chop shop
chop shops
chop shot
chop steak
chop suey
chop up
chopart fracture-dislocation
chopboat
chopboats
chopchurch
chopchurches
chope
chopfallen
chophouse (current term)
chophouses
chopine
chopines
chopins
choplogic
choplogical
choplogics
choppable
chopped
chopped-liver
chopped liver
chopped logic
chopped steak

Literary usage of Chophouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"eaves, n. pi. overhang. chophouse, coffee house, caffeteria, eat (cant or slang). ebony, n. 1. Referring to the wood: ebon (now poetic). 2. ..."

2. Things I Have Seen and People I Have Known by George Augustus Sala (1894)
"... '-Joe's" chophouse iu Finch Lane — Market before -Meat" _ "A devilish good Dinner for Threepence Halfpenny" —The -Thirteen Cantons'" — Beef o la made ..."

3. Richard Croker by Alfred Henry Lewis (1901)
"Avoid clubs; join some good chophouse. Clubs are clearing houses of inanity; seminaries where dullness is taught as an art. You will find no giants there. ..."

4. Roving and Fighting: Adventures Under Four Flags by Edward S. O'Reilly (1918)
"He say,' Hell's bells, this no American chophouse. ... I jumped at the chance; therefore the sign bloomed forth over the chophouse as: "O'Reilly ..."

5. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
""It is prosaically addressed to 'Sally at the chophouse,, and bears date Feb. ц, 1799: "Dear Sally,—Emblem ol thy chophouse ware, As broth reviving, ..."

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