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housetop

[ hous-top ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

housetop

/ ˈhaʊsˌtɒp /

the roof of a house
proclaim from the housetops
proclaim from the housetops to announce (something) publicly

First recorded in 1520–30; house + top ¹

from the housetops, publicly; generally:
The day I got my promotion I wanted to shout it from the housetops.

Once more, and at greater peril than ever, Jack went on the housetop to reconnoitre.

Let him sit with me here any night on my housetop and he will see the sad effects of sectarian reform and newspaper hysteria.

Again he dived at it, like a hawk after a pigeon, and again he zoomed up over the housetop.

And again, how with the short gun I slew a pigeon on a housetop and tore the head from its body?

Looking down from a housetop the red fezzes and the gay-colored abas made the crowd look like a vast field of poppies.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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