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biographical name Edward Mandell 1858-1938 Colonel house American diplomat
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house arrest
noun
Date: 1936
confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison
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house call
noun
Date: 1960
a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service
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house cat
noun
Date: 1607
cat 1a
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house cricket
noun
Date: 1774
a widely distributed cricket ( Acheta domesticus ) usually living in or about dwellings
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house detective
noun
Date: 1898
a person who is employed (as by a hotel) to prevent disorderly or improper conduct of patrons
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house finch
noun
Date: 1869
a small finch ( Carpodacus mexicanus ) that has a male with a red head, breast, and rump and that is native to Mexico and the western United States and has been introduced in the eastern United States
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house girl
noun
Date: 1835
housemaid
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house mouse
noun
Date: 1835
a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse ( Mus musculus ) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal
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house of assembly
Date: 1653 a legislative body or the lower house of a legislature (as in various British colonies, protectorates, and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations)
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house of burgesses
Date: 1658 the colonial representative assembly of Virginia
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house of cards
Date: 1645 a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse
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house of commons
Date: 1621 the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments
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house of correction
Date: circa 1576 a penal institution for persons convicted of a minor offense and considered capable of reformation
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house of delegates
Date: 1783 house 6a
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house of lords
Date: 1643 the upper house of the British Parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual
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house of representatives
Date: 1716 the lower house of a legislative body (as the United States Congress)
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house of studies
Date: 1929 an educational institution serving scholars of a religious order
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house of study see: house of studies
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house organ
noun
Date: 1907
a periodical distributed by a business concern among its employees, sales personnel, or customers
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house party
noun
Date: 1876
a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (as a home or fraternity house)
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house rule
noun
Date: 1947
a rule (as in a game) that applies only among a certain group or in a certain place
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house seat
noun
Date: 1948
a theater seat reserved by the management for a special guest
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house sitter
noun
Date: 1971
a person who occupies a dwelling to provide security and maintenance while the tenant is away, house-sit intransitive verb house-sitting noun
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house sparrow
noun
Date: 1674
a sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) native to Eurasia that has been introduced worldwide and is found especially in urban and agricultural areas
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house trailer
noun
Date: 1937
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