US slang, mainly associated with Chicago, for a brothel. The can in this sense derives from can as slang for toilet or facilities, extending to an establishment associated with illicit activity. The term is now archaic in general use.
Neighbourhood gossip had it that the place on the corner used to be a canhouse back in the Prohibition days.
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(slang, US, mainly, Chicago) A brothel.
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