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neat-house

neat-house

See also: neathouse

English

Noun

neat-house (plural neat-houses)

  1. Alternative spelling of neathouse
    • 1632, Massinger, Philip, The City Madam”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 3, Scene 1, published 1845, page 389:
      The neat-house for musk-melons, and the gardens / Where we traffic for asparagus are, to me, / In the other world.