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ˈporter-house Chiefly U.S.
[f. porter n.3 + house n. Cf. ale-house.]
1. a. A house at which porter and other malt liquors are retailed; also, one where steaks, chops, etc. are served, a chop-house.
c1758S. Foote Diversions of Morning in T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee (1795) IV. 239, I heard a goodish-looking well-dress'd man, that sat in the next box at the porter-house, affirm, that to his knowledge, if you proceeded to exhibit, you and your pupils would be all sent to Bridewell. 1786N.Y. Directory 41 Norris Rich. porter-house, 3, Broad-street. 1800Cobbett in Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. (1826) II. 531 They adjourned from the porter-houses and gin-shops to the cheese-mongers and bakers. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 286 Those temples of politics, popularity, and smoke, the ward porter-houses. 1858N.Y. Tribune 16 Mar. 3/3 This morning, an altercation took place in the porter-house of Michael Byrne,..between Joseph Kelly..and others. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 405 He was immense, topping swell for he was after having a great time of it..in a porterhouse..if you want to know, Saint Lawzenge of Toole's, the Wheel of Fortune.
b. attrib., as porter-house boy; porter-house steak (U.S.), ‘a beefsteak consisting of a choice cut of the beef between the sirloin and the tenderloin..: supposed to derive its name from a well-known porter-house in New York’ (Cent. Dict.).
1807Southey Espriella's Lett. (1808) I. 67 Then came the porter-house boy for the pewter-pots. 1842C. Mathews Career of Puffer Hopkins xiii. 90 But I guess I'll take a small porter-house steak, without the bone. 1864Sala in Daily Tel. 27 Sept., The ‘tenderloin’, the ‘porterhouse’ steak of America, are infinitely superior to our much-vaunted rump steak. 1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 462/2 A porter-house steak learned to expect him on the noon of every day. 1902Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 6/3 Porterhouse steaks sold for 15 c. and now sell for 24 c. 1904Nation (N.Y.) 31 Mar. 245 The picture was drawn of the country stepping up to the butchers' block and demanding porterhouse and sirloin steaks in abundance. 1959[see Chateaubriand]. 1979W. H. Canaway Solid Gold Buddha xxiii. 148 Two porterhouse steaks..washed down with three bottles of Rhône wine.
2. ellipt. A porter-house steak. Also attrib.
1854Harper's Mag. Jan. 269/2 Will you have it rare or well-done? Shall it be a porter-house? 1908G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock iv. 63 That [dream] in which the waiter is just taking the covers off a double porter-house, medium, with fresh mushrooms on top. 1911[see rare a.2 b]. 1958V. P. Johns Servant's Probl. ii. 17 This is a juicy porterhouse neighborhood. 1973G. Beare Snake on Grave vii. 38 He would never pass up a pint of porter for a pound of Porterhouse. |