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mansion house

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n.1.A large and imposing house.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mansion housemansion house - a large and imposing house          
manse, mansion, residence, hall
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
manor, manor house - the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
manor hall, hall - the large room of a manor or castle
castle, palace - a large and stately mansion
stately home - a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family


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It reminded me of something I had read in my youth about the ingenious way in which the aldermen of London raised the money that built the Mansion House.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Pickwick walked on abstractedly, crossed opposite the Mansion House, and bent his steps up Cheapside.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
The Lord Mayor, in the stronghold of the mighty Mansion House, gave orders to his fifty cooks and butlers to keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor's household should; and even the little tailor, whom he had fined five shillings on the previous Monday for being drunk and bloodthirsty in the streets, stirred up to-morrow's pudding in his garret, while his lean wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef.
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