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Cothouse vs Cathouse - What's the difference?

cothouse | cathouse |

As nouns the difference between cothouse and cathouse

is that cothouse is (scotland) a small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar while cathouse is (us|slang) a brothel.

cothouse

English

Alternative forms

* cote-house * cot-house

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    cathouse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cat-house

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A brothel.
  • * 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 5:
    • Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses , listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars [...]?

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * red light district * prostitute

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    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs