Meaning of Menage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A household; a domestic situation.
2. A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments.
   Scotland
3. A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.

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Examples

“"Oh," cried her ladyship, "I see the whole ménage; they will take a first floor over a baker's shop, to save fire, and live upon red herrings during the week, with a mutton chop by way of meat on a Sunday."”

“It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum. I had never tried the mixture but it seemed to go pretty well with the Geiger ménage.”

“They lived together in great harmony, each holding a different department in their menâge, excepting the eldest, who was, par excellence, called the Esquire, and expected to do the honours of the wine;”

“But Laurence was too much revolted by the menâge to retain any longer desire to become acquainted with the master;”

“[…];—in short, with the exception of the Duke of B⸺ and Lord L⸺, Mr. Naylor’s menâge beat all the old country gentlemen off the ground, ostentation and display being everything with Mr. Naylor;”

“Among the many lazzarettos of the Mediterranean, that of Malta is, with regard to comfort, interior economy, and the civility of its officials, immeasurably superior to any other; and as a slight peep into the menâge of such an establishment may be a novelty to those who “live at home at ease,” I shall place my reader’s eye at the little hole in the showman’s box, and let him judge for himself.”

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