villakinn.
/ˈvɪləkɪn/ A little villa; a villa-residence. Chiefly in familiar or jocular use, or with some degree of disparagement.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > villa or country house > small
box1696
country box1722
villakin1730
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
ranch1807
bower1810
ranch house1859
villino?1863
dacha1896
1730 J. Swift Let. to Gay 19 Mar. I writ lately to Mr. Pope: I wish you had a little Villakin in his neighbourhood.
1730 J. Gay Let. to Swift 31 Mar. I am every day building villakins and have given over that of castles.
1805 J. Almon Corr. Wilkes V. 79 In this cottage (or villakin, as he usually termed it) he passed the pleasantest hours which he had enjoyed since the period of his adversities.
1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 258 The villakin was transformed into a domestic paradise.
1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. i. 159 Spick and span villas and villakins, each with its half acre of tennis-ground and double daisies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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