bottom house

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noun Caribbean

the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars

such a space partially enclosed and floored for use as servants' quarters

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Words nearby bottom house

bottom fish, bottom fishing, bottom gear, bottom grass, bottom heat, bottom house, bottom ice, bottoming, bottom lady, bottom land, bottomless

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How to use bottom house in a sentence

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.
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This Congress will welcome more women than ever before at 19 percent of the House and 20 percent of the Senate.
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Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.
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He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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Even the arguably more democratic House is only at 10 percent black members.
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It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
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