CHOPHOUSE

steakhouse, chophouse

(noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chophouse (plural chophouses)

(now, chiefly, historical) An inexpensive restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse.

(Nigeria) Any restaurant.

A custom house in China where transit duties are levied.

Source: Wiktionary


Chop"house`, n.

Definition: A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house. The freedom of a chophouse. W. Irving.

Chop"house`, n. Etym: [See Chop quality.]

Definition: A customhouse where transit duties are levied. [China] S. W. Williams.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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