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Finally, guardhouses and bakehouses, already falling to ruins like the mole, and an establishment for condensing water, still kept in working order, are the principal and costly novelties of the southern shore.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bakehouses the pyramids.

From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Melville, Herman

As soon as the news was received that Soult was advancing, Terence ordered sufficient bread to supply them for that time, from the bakehouses of Monterey.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

On the other sides of the quadrangle were the chapel, granaries, storehouses, dairies and bakehouses, and the kitchen.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

There is an equally strong case for a public handling of bakehouses and the bread supply.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)