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treasure house

–noun
1. a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
2. a place or source where things of value or worth may be found: Books are the treasure house of ideas.
Also, treasure-house.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME
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treasure house  
n.  A place where items of great value are stored or can be found.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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