noun
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an area of a cellar
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a charge for storing goods in a cellar, etc
Etymology
Origin of cellarage
Example Sentences
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Come on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
My father's hobby was to build for all eternity; and this stone-arched cellarage was more like a cathedral crypt than a store-room for a country gentleman's table-stock of wines.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
The administration of the cellarage of the municipal council was also then considered a far more respectable post than now.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
It is doubtful whether it ever formed an open chamber, and it is now, with the exception of its central passage, entirely devoted to cellarage.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The demand for sparkling saumur is evidently on the increase, for M. Duvau, at the time of our visit, was excavating extensive additional cellarage.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry
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