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gillhouses

gillhouses is the plural of gillhouse.

Meaning of gillhouse

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

Questions about gillhouses

What is gillhouses the plural of?
Gillhouses is the plural of gillhouse.

Words near gillhouses in the dictionary

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

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