Cape Cod house
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Cape Cod house
n. A compact house of one or one-and-a-half stories with gables on the sides and usually a central chimney. Also called Cape Cod cottage.
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Cape Cod house with a white picket fence, two dogs and two cats.
The
Cape Cod house was built by Berry's great-grandfather in about 1840!
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