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cottage

/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/ noun B2
  1. A small house.
  2. A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location. · Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
  3. A meeting place for homosexual men.

Plural cottages

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“We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz,” she answered, “and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 27 · B2
Beside it were the crumbling remains of the cottages of the miners, driven away no doubt by the foul reek of the surrounding swamp.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 200 · C1
I, as a philosopher, should like a little country-house, a cottage down there under the trees, without so many free-stones over my poor body.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 755 · C1
“I see a little cottage at the right of us,” he said, “built of logs and branches.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 24 · B2

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