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house points

house points noun: point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.

Noun

house points pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-normally, plural-only) Point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.
  2. (humorous, plural, plural-only) "Points" awarded in jest in a domestic environment for performing chores.

Questions about house points

What does house points mean?
House points means point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.
What part of speech is house points?
House points is a noun.

Words near house points in the dictionary

  1. house phone
  2. house phones
  3. house plant
  4. house plants
  5. house plunder
  6. house points
  7. house poor
  8. house proud
  9. house rat
  10. house rats
  11. house right

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