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draught house

draught house is the alternative form of draught-house.

Meaning of draught-house

Noun

draught-house (plural draught-houses)

  1. (obsolete) An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • They... brake downe the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house.1611, Bible (KJV), 2 Kings, 10:27
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Forms of draught house

pluraldraught houses

Questions about draught house

What is draught house the alternative form of?
Draught house is the alternative form of draught-house.

Words near draught house in the dictionary

  1. draught excluders
  2. draught hook
  3. draught hooks
  4. draught horse
  5. draught horses
  6. draught house
  7. draught houses
  8. draught net
  9. draught nets
  10. draught on Aldgate pump
  11. draught on the pump at Aldgate

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