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- noun A
haunted house . - noun slang A headquarters for
intelligence agents.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The net effect is to make the villains appear to be monsters that pop out at pre-determined moments in a carnival spookhouse ride, do their business, and then disappear into the darkness without explanation.
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A cool idea using the foam… The rest of the site is worth taking a look at .. lots of cool / creative halloween spookhouse ideas.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Make some crazy long scary arms for Halloween 2006
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Ben is a relatively famous author who has come back to write a book (this is a King story, after all); and this nonfiction literary endeavor looks like it will center around the decrepit spookhouse up on the hill.
Salem's Lot 2004
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So now you get to spend the rest of the night in the back yard of a spookhouse.
Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999
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It stood this morning in all its decrepit glory, more a Halloween spookhouse than a future center of culture and nostalgia.
Say No to Murder Nancy Pickard 1985
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It stood this morning in all its decrepit glory, more a Halloween spookhouse than a future center of culture and nostalgia.
Say No to Murder Nancy Pickard 1985
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The spookhouse will present the second and final weekend of
unknown title 2009
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It's an excellent spookhouse, especially for the ears.
Cathode Tan 2009
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While the idea of holding a spookhouse in March might seem odd, there's a method to Raycliff Manor co-owner Kelly Allen's madness.
unknown title 2009
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At first a menacing presence, she resolves into something of a deus ex machina, providing at least one of the visiting couples with an outside chance of surviving this benighted mess of a spookhouse.
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