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English word cathouse comes from English cat, English house

cat (English)

(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files). (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone. (military, naval) A [...]

house (English)

(US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14thc.]. (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.. (chess, now, rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16thc.]. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19thc.]. (metaphorical) a place of rest [...]

cathouse (English)

(US, slang) A brothel.. Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a cat.

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