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cottage

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cot·tage  (ktj)
n.
1. A small, single-storied house, especially in the country.
2. A small vacation house.

[Middle English cotage, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin cotgium, of Germanic origin.]

cottage
Noun
a small simple house, usually in the country [from cot2]
cottager n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cottagecottage - a small house with a single story    
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"

cottage
noun cabin, lodge, hut, shack, chalet, but-and-ben Scot. cot, whare N.Z.
Translations
cottage [ˈkɔtɪdʒ] ncasita de campo
cottage [ˈkɔtɪdʒ] npetite maison (à la campagne), cottage m
cottage [ˈkɔtɪdʒ] nCottage nt, Häuschen nt
cottage [ˈkɔtɪdʒ] ncottage m inv


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This hovel however, joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance, but after my late dearly bought experience, I dared not enter it.
It was indeed to the fortunate accident of its being washing-day at the pretty cottage near which in the course of my morning wanderings I had set me down to rest, that I owed the sight of the petticoat in question.
Robin remembered the cottage and saw his one chance to escape.
 
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