The cottage occupied by a grassman (grassman, n. 1). Obsolete (historical after 18th cent.).
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > houses occupied by specific types of people (13) grass house1557 The cottage occupied by a grassman (grassman, n. 1). Obsolete (historical after 18th cent.). woman-house1566 (a) a house, room, etc., that serves as accommodation for women (esp. female servants) and children (cf. women-house n. at compounds 4c) (now histo… fishing-house1676 family house1727 (a) a house belonging to or lived in by a (particular) family, esp. over several generations; (originally) spec. the country home of an upper-class… henhouse1785 figurative. A house or workplace dominated by women. women-house1792 a building inhabited by women; Scottish one serving as accommodation for female workers (obsolete). bachelor('s) hall1841 In allusive phrases: bachelor('s) hall, an establishment presided over by an unmarried man, or a man in the absence of his wife; (U.S.) apartments… bachelor-apartment1857 Also bachelor-apartment, bachelor-cottage, bachelor-flat, bachelor-quarters: occupied by a bachelor. (Also attributive in 1a 4 above.) garçonnière1927 A bachelor's rooms or flat. bachelor1968 Canadian. Elliptical for bachelor-apartment at compounds 1b or bachelor-flat at compounds 1b. (Advertisers' jargon.) bachelorette1973 A flat or apartment for a bachelor girl. Canadian. pit house1974 British. A house built near a coal mine, originally as accommodation for miners and their families. squat1975 A house, flat, or building occupied by squatters; a squatter's place of residence. |
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