| 单词 | house number |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse number house number n. originally U.S. one of a series of numbers allotted to houses in a street to enable visitors to identify them, facilitate the delivery of mail, etc.; (also) a representation of this in numerals, esp. when affixed to a wall, door, gatepost, or the like. ΚΠ 1850 Doc. Board of Aldermen of N.Y. XVII. 280 Nor are the..older parts of the city free from the same difficulties, irregularity in the house numbers, and duplicates of them, often occurring. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 396/2 House numbers, 3 inch, made of brass and nicely nickel plated. 1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) vi. 29 Casey began looking for house numbers. 2004 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 9/2 A postcode search engine that..will narrow down the numbers of households..by combining house numbers with full postcodes. < as lemmas |
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