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† ˈcottagery Obs. rare—1. [f. cottage + -ery.] A cottage holding or tenement.
1697A. de la Pryme Diary (Surtees) 159 The lord..of this mannour..had also a capon of every husbandry, and a hen of a whole cottagry, and a chicken of half a cottagry; and in hay time every one that had a cottagry went a whole day to make hay for him in Grime cloas. |