cathouses

Houses of ill-repute

A cathouse is a brothel—a house where prostitutes work.

The term is American slang, somewhat dated but still understood: The old mining town had three saloons and a cathouse.

The word likely comes from the slang use of "cat" for a prostitute.

brothels

bordello

Commercial sex establishment

parlor · johns · working girls · solicitation · vice · escort · illicit · discreet · backroom · establishment

feline

boarding

Entering a vehicle

feline · litter boxes · scratching posts · enclosures · adoption · strays · rescue · cages · caretaker · meowing

Opposites
legitimacy/respectability

cathouseschurch

Place of Christian worship

civic institutions · community centers · banks · law firms

type of accommodation/establishment

cathousesbed and breakfasts

Lodgings including morning meal

motels · hostels · guest houses · vacation rentals · boarding houses

sexual commerce vs. abstinence/purity

cathousesconvents

Houses for religious sisters

monasteries · nunneries · abbeys · seminaries · churches

Family

cathouse

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R