Menage

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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