Mousery
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A place where mice are kept and bred. rare
"There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for."
Example
More examples"There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for."
Etymology
From mouse + -ery.
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