Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ale-house for the reception of lodgers.
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Osterley, meanwhile, was set to act as host-house to one last great celebration before–as some feared–the final descent of the British Empire’s decaying ship of state.
Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009
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