summerhouse
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of summerhouse
First recorded in 1350–1400, summerhouse is from Middle English sumer hous. See summer 1, house
Example Sentences
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She wore Poiret gowns, opened galleries, lent Djuna Barnes the summerhouse where she wrote “Nightwood.”
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2019
“When I first got married, my wife wanted a summerhouse and I wanted a Swan—I bought the Swan first,” says Ferragamo, who visits the yard every two or three months.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015
Its trail takes in the poet's favourite drinking establishments, the summerhouse, and the village that became his home.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2014
Her summerhouse catches fire, but the fire is static and unsmoking.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2012
Listening behind the summerhouse, Eleanor heard their laughter and the sound of their feet running down the path to the house.“
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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