cothouse
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English
Alternative forms
- cote-house
- cot-house
Etymology
Noun
cothouse (plural cothouses)
- (Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.
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