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gillhouse

/ˈd͡ʒɪlˌhaʊs/

gillhouse noun: a shop where gill (the drink) is sold.

Noun

gillhouse (plural gillhouses)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A shop where gill (the drink) is sold.
    • Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn.1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC

Forms of gillhouse

pluralgillhouses

Origin of gillhouse

From gill + house.

Questions about gillhouse

What does gillhouse mean?
Gillhouse means a shop where gill (the drink) is sold.
What part of speech is gillhouse?
Gillhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce gillhouse?
Gillhouse is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪlˌhaʊs/.
What is the plural of gillhouse?
The plural of gillhouse is gillhouses.

Words near gillhouse in the dictionary

  1. Gillford
  2. Gillham
  3. Gillham code
  4. Gillham interface
  5. Gillham interfaces
  6. gillhouse
  7. gillhouses
  8. Gilli Danda
  9. gilli-danda
  10. gilli-flower
  11. gilli-flowers

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