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Porter's lodge

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  1. 1
    A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff.

    "The keys... were on Saturday stolen from the porter's lodge."

  2. 2
    An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom. Canada, UK

    "[H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole."

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