big house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of big house
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Macksoud, who sold that big house after just 18 months, said she has “worked really hard” to understand how money contributes to her own happiness.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
Denise Yarmlak, who is 69, single and didn’t want to live alone, bought a big house in Nevada with a friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
The boxer, whose profile skyrocketed when he went on Love Island in 2019, is sitting in his self-described "big" house, alone.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
A person can get lost in a big house, all alone, with nothing but their memories as a cold bedfellow.
From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025
Paul Jennings spent his earliest years doing small chores—“a boy under his mother’s feet in the big house enlisted as errand runner.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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