Meaning of cottage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small house.
2. A township in Saline County, Illinois.
3. A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
4. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
5. A public lavatory.
   UK, archaic, slang
6. A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.
7. A meeting place for homosexual men.
   Polari

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Examples

“So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.”

“Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.”

“Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.””

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