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good house

good house noun: an inn or bar.

Noun

good house (plural good houses)

  1. (obsolete) An inn or bar.
    • "[…]Here is a very creditable good house just by, where thou may'st find good entertainment for thyself and thy cattle till morning."1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book X

Forms of good house

pluralgood houses

Questions about good house

What does good house mean?
Good house means an inn or bar.
What part of speech is good house?
Good house is a noun.
What is the plural of good house?
The plural of good house is good houses.

Words near good house in the dictionary

  1. good hair
  2. good head on one's shoulders
  3. good heav'ns
  4. good heavens
  5. Good Hope
  6. good house
  7. good houses
  8. good humor
  9. good humors
  10. good humour
  11. good humours

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