chop house
Preserved but no longer current.
An eating-house where chops and steaks are served. I dine at the Chop-House three days a week, where the good company wonders they never see you of late.— STEELE: Spectator, No. 308 (22 Feb., 1712).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “chop house” mean?
An eating-house where chops and steaks are served. I dine at the Chop-House three days a week, where the good company wonders they never see you of late.— STEELE: Spectator, No. 308 (22 Feb., 1712).
Is “chop house” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.