Cothouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar. Scotland

    "He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother."

Example

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"He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother."

Etymology

From cot + house.

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