Meaning of houseroom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Room or place in a house.
   uncountable
2. A room dedicated for the use of a particular house at a boarding school.
   countable

Examples

“‘But go thy waies to him, and fro me say⟳, / That here is at his gate an errant Knight, / That house-room craves […].’”

“[…] it would make⟳ a man mad of our profession, especially to be buz’d in the Ears with your Honesty or Plain-dealing, as if you were turned their Advocate, and went about to perswade us to give⟳ them House room.”

“1786, Frederick Pilon, He Would Be a Soldier, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act III, p. 38, […] she has more old figures than is worth house room.”

“And, Mr. Farfrae, as you provide⟳ so much, and houseroom, and all that, I’ll do my part in the drinkables, and see⟳ to the rum and schiedam—maybe a dozen jars will be sufficient?”

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