spinning-house love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as spin-house.

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Examples

  • On we went through the stiff, box-bordered walks of the garden, past the weather-beaten sundial and the spinning-house and the smoke-house to the stables.

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • On we went through the stiff, box-bordered walks of the garden, past the weather-beaten sundial and the spinning-house and the smoke-house to the stables.

    Richard Carvel — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

  • On we went through the stiff, box-bordered walks of the garden, past the weather-beaten sundial and the spinning-house and the smoke-house to the stables.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • Often there was a spinning-house where servants could spin flax and wool.

    Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

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