Scouthouse

//ˈskaʊthaʊs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings. US

    "In the summer of 1920 a second troop was started, and opened with a Scouthouse at Laie, windward Oahu, for the children of those missionaries living together in this happy settlement which radiates the true spirit of hospitality and kindness."

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"In the summer of 1920 a second troop was started, and opened with a Scouthouse at Laie, windward Oahu, for the children of those missionaries living together in this happy settlement which radiates the true spirit of hospitality and kindness."

Etymology

From scout + house.

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