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cothouse

cothouse noun: a small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.

Noun

cothouse (plural cothouses)

  1. (Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
    • He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Forms of cothouse

pluralcothouses
alternative formcote-house
alternative formcot-house

Origin of cothouse

From cot + house.

Questions about cothouse

What does cothouse mean?
Cothouse means a small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
What part of speech is cothouse?
Cothouse is a noun.
What is the plural of cothouse?
The plural of cothouse is cothouses.

Words near cothouse in the dictionary

  1. Cotherns
  2. Cotherstone
  3. cothes
  4. cothon
  5. cothons
  6. cothouse
  7. cothouses
  8. Cothran
  9. Cothrans
  10. Cothren
  11. Cothrens

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