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housen
housen
English
Noun
housen
- (obsolete or dialectal) plural of house
- 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117:
- In the forenoon it rained, and in the afternoon I looked round the housen to see the damage they did the town.
- 1874, "Eight per Cent", The Headington Magazine, volume 6, page 7:
- 'If the housen weren't good housen I'd have nothing to say to them,' said Ingram
- 1880, James Spilling, Molly Miggs's trip to the seaside, page 14:
- I weant on for a gudish way till at last I loast sight o' the great square building behind the housen.
- 1917, Edward Harry William Meyerstein, Wilfrid Blair, Black and White Magic - Page 60:
- Hide you in your housen! Hang above your Portals The shielding quicken bough!
- 1929, Mary Webb, Precious Bane:
- “Ho, rooks!” shouted Gideon. “Father's dead, and I be maister, and I've come to say as you shall keep your housen in peace, and I'll keep ye safe from all but my own gun, and you're kindly welcome to bide."
- 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117: