canhouse

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/ˈkanhaʊs/

noun

A brothel.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nouncanhouse (plural canhouses)

plural canhouses

  1. USslangchiefly ChicagoA brothel.

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

    1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 22

Origin

From can + house.

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APA

canhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canhouse

MLA

“canhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canhouse.

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