pleasure dome
noun
a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
Origin of pleasure dome
1First recorded in 1797; phrase apparently coined by S. T. Coleridge in his poem “Kubla Khan”
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How to use pleasure dome in a sentence
Eventually they reached the Enslee place—the mountain that was Enslee's, with the stately pleasure dome he had decreed there.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesI will tell you what it is, but first you must hear the history of a young Persian girl who once lived in that pleasure-dome.
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories | Rabindranath TagoreSo he built his enormous and gorgeous house and called it pleasure dome.
The Deep Lake Mystery | Carolyn WellsShe passed the house and kept on, in the direction of pleasure dome.
The Deep Lake Mystery | Carolyn Wellspleasure dome had a cove or inlet behind it, Moore had told me, but that was not visible from my window.
The Deep Lake Mystery | Carolyn Wells
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