Canhouse

//ˈkanhaʊs// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A brothel. US, slang

    "The Roamer Inn was like a model of all the canhouses I ever saw around Chicago, the granddaddy of them all."

Example

More examples

"The Roamer Inn was like a model of all the canhouses I ever saw around Chicago, the granddaddy of them all."

Etymology

From can + house.

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