woodhouse
Americannoun
plural
woodhousesEtymology
Origin of woodhouse
Example Sentences
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I took the wooden shovel that I had carved from the board and dug around what I thought must have been the back door or possibly the woodhouse.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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But in summer aunt Patty keeps these big birds in the garden near the woodhouse.
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne
It would jam right into ’em and sink ’em—sunk by a woodhouse!
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta
Jed and I brought the trap from the woodhouse chamber.
From Lost in the Ca?on by Calhoun, Alfred R.
But the pond, and the woodhouse, whence I dragged you so mercilously, after I had driven you to despair almost, what thoughts do they bring to my remembrance!
From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel
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