to house = to eat

[W Brewer]

OTOH:  UrbDic 1. hawse:
A highly intoxicated person. A name for someone who's still going strong or
drinking themselves under the table.
He's fuckin' a hawse!
You ain't no hawse boy, you a pony.
mark as favorite buy hawse mugs & shirts
pronounced as horse with a thick new york accent pony bossed saused

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org