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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
thatch .
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Examples
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(iii) People living in thatched houses losing their homes and possessions
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Bungalow, for instance, is from the Hindi word banglā, meaning “of Bengal,” and referring to a thatched one-story house built in the Bengali style.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Bungalow, for instance, is from the Hindi word banglā, meaning “of Bengal,” and referring to a thatched one-story house built in the Bengali style.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Gavin was born in Harvie, but left it at such an early age that he could only recall thatched houses with nets drying on the roofs, and a sandy shore in which coarse grass grew.
The Little Minister 1898
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Meanwhile, through its Household department, Flux is one of the few to cover unusual risks such as thatched homes and unoccupied properties.
Archive 2008-04-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Rooms: Room are decorated in an eclectic blend of Balinese and Italian styles, with attractive features such as thatched roofs, handcrafted antiques and terrazzo bathrooms.
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Rooms: Room are decorated in an eclectic blend of Balinese and Italian styles, with attractive features such as thatched roofs, handcrafted antiques and terrazzo bathrooms.
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Prof. Masson takes 'thatched' as referring to the texture of the nest or to the corn-stalks or rushes over it.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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We're out in the Chilterns as tourists looking at the thatched roof cottages and it's wonderful until you get sick and you can't even get in to a clinic to get an antibiotic for an ear infection.
Tea Party activists invoke spirit of 1773 Ed Pilkington in Boston 2010
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That night, as we navigate our way through the gently chirping jungle with our torches, to the hotel's excellent thatched restaurant, the warm air heavily scented with birds of paradise flowers — and a turn of fortunes in the weather — we feel intrepid enough without having found the Lost City.
Navigating Through Colombia Jemima Sissons 2011
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