Archaic Definition of the Week – Cat Wagon

21 January 2011
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Cat Wagons. These were mobile bordellos that traveled to mining towns, construction jobs and groups of cowboys on the range. A madam would load up her girls and take them to a site where they would ply their trade.

- Prostitute Dictionary of the Old West by Jay Moynahan.

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3 Responses to Archaic Definition of the Week – Cat Wagon

  1. Kathryn Lookofsky on 21 January 2011 at 10:50 am

    Do you own/are you reading the Prostitute Dictionary of the Old West? That’s awesome! lol

  2. J. Nelson Leith on 21 January 2011 at 11:35 am

    I got it for my birthday from a friend with a heart o’ gold.

  3. Veda on 21 January 2011 at 8:50 pm

    I’m loving these. :-)

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