black house

British  

noun

1. a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland

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black house

“Taste aside, a black house in an era of climate change is ridiculous,” said Adam Greenfield, a transportation and land-use advocate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

Goodman says the neighbors seem intrigued by the black house, but they also just seem happy that the property is being maintained.

From Fox News ● Dec. 28, 2021

So do Haring’s mesmerizing brush stokes in black house paint.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

The first black house Studholme ever painted was just around the corner.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019

From the great black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds,—the shrill, broken whimpering of a frightened woman.

From The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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