cothouse

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Etymology[edit]

cot +‎ house

Noun[edit]

cothouse (plural cothouses)

  1. (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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