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Definition of Chophouse
1. Noun. A restaurant that specializes in steaks.
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
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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