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porterhouse

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por·ter·house  (pôrtr-hous, pr-)
n.
1. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin, having a T-bone and a sizable piece of tenderloin. Also called porterhouse steak.
2. Archaic An alehouse or chophouse.
porterhouse
Noun
a thick choice beef steak Also called: (porterhouse steak) [formerly, a place that served porter, beer, and sometimes meals]
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Noun1.porterhouseporterhouse - large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
porterhouse steak
beefsteak - a beef steak usually cooked by broiling
beef loin - cut of meat from a loin of beef
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Abdul Aziz, absolute lord of the Ottoman empire--clad in dark green European clothes, almost without ornament or insignia of rank; a red Turkish fez on his head; a short, stout, dark man, black-bearded, black- eyed, stupid, unprepossessing--a man whose whole appearance somehow suggested that if he only had a cleaver in his hand and a white apron on, one would not be at all surprised to hear him say: "A mutton roast today, or will you have a nice porterhouse steak?
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I get the automobiles, and the porterhouse steaks, and the soft beds.
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Money--I could sleep in only one bed at a time, and of what worth was an income of a hundred porterhouses a day when I could eat only one?
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