gingerbread-office
gingerbread-office is the alternative form of gingerbread office.
Meaning of gingerbread office
Noun
gingerbread office (plural gingerbread offices)
- An office in the gingerbread Victorian style.
- Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots...1968, The Discovery of Drama, page 378
- Synonyms:
- outhouse
- An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- There's no great need of Souldiers;
Their Camp's No larger than a Ginger-bread Office.a. 1643, William Cartwright, Lady-Errant, Act V, Scene i
- There's no great need of Souldiers;
Forms of gingerbread-office
| plural | gingerbread-offices |
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Questions about gingerbread-office
- What is gingerbread-office the alternative form of?
- Gingerbread-office is the alternative form of gingerbread office.
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