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- noun UK, Ireland A house built and operated by local town councils, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the
working class
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Examples
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In a short time, however, the canoe touched shore before the Indian town and the Paleface visitors were conducted at once to the council house.
Far Past the Frontier W. H. [Illustrator] Fry 1913
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For the residue acknowledge it for the head city, because there is the council house.
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The procession being thus formed in front of the chief's cabin, and the whole population of the village, many hundred in number, men, women and children, gathered around to witness the spectacle, M. Joutel and his attendants, led by the chief, were brought out to be received by the ancients and conducted to the council house.
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The occupants of the council house, who included six children, are now being temporarily housed elsewhere by Reading Borough Council.
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This is not a council house, and neither has the council provided the Keens with a mortgage on the property.
British Blogs 2009
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Susan has since returned to the council house in which she has decided to stay so as not to alarm her cat, Pebbles, with a move to a mansion.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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But with the council house waiting list standing at a frightening 1.6 million, and the
Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk Adam Sampson 2008
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Chief, "Timid Hare said to herself, as she watched the two men walking together towards the council house.
Timid Hare Mary Hazelton Wade
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