por|ter|house

por|ter|house
por|ter|house «PR tuhr HOWS, POHR-», noun.
1. a choice beefsteak cut from the thick end of the short loin and containing the tenderloin.
2. Archaic. a) an establishment at which porter and other malt liquors are sold. b) a chophouse.
[(def. 1) because this cut was allegedly popularized about 1814 by the keeper of a New York porterhouse]

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