cathouses

Noun

cathouse (plural cathouses)

1. (US, slang) A brothel.
   • Do you know how he spent years watching the droopy chicks in cathouses, listening to his cellmates moaning low behind the bars […]?1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Don’t Cry, Ma”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 5

   Synonyms:

   academy, bagnio, bawdy house, bawdy-house, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, brothel house, cat house, cat-house

2. (literally, rare) Any small house, structure or fold used to house a cat.
   • Alot^([sic]) of great work is being done all throughout blog land in terms of raising the money to build a cathouse for homeless kitties here at the daily dose.2012, Chrystal Parker, Daily Dose of Dogs (Aka Cats with Your Coffee), page 490