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big house

[big hous]

noun

Slang.
  1. Usually the big house a penitentiary.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of big house1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Quickly built by amateur developers working off a handful of construction drawings, the wood-framed triplexes do the same thing for their neighborhoods today that they did then: provide a decent and affordable stepping stone between the city’s dim, shared quarters and a big house in the ’burbs.

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The boxer, whose profile skyrocketed when he went on Love Island in 2019, is sitting in his self-described "big" house, alone.

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A person can get lost in a big house, all alone, with nothing but their memories as a cold bedfellow.

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Framework in the Desert is back at the Atlantic Aviation airport hangar in Thermal April 11-13 for a big house and techno afterparty.

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The lot, just over 10,000 square feet, was an attractive canvas for a big house.

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