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houseroom

[ hous-room, -room ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

houseroom

/ ˈhaʊsˌrʊm; -ˌruːm /

room for storage or lodging
give something houseroom
give something houseroom used with a negative to have or keep something in one's house
I wouldn't give that vase houseroom

First recorded in 1580–90; house + room

I may say, in passing, that the Psyche that could be cast out of the window is not worth houseroom.

The distress of any population means that they need food, houseroom, clothes, and fuel.

The way to produce houseroom is to apply your force first to the humbler dwellings.

These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender.

If there is no houseroom in any class for the man of several different bloods, then we must get a new name.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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