forcing house
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rich men have had them for centuries; Tiberius Caesar raised cucumbers in a mica-covered "forcing house" when his doctor advised him to eat warm-weather vegetables the year round.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the new forcing house had lost its attractions for him, and Tom, after some further ineffectual attempts to bring him round, returned to the house somewhat crestfallen.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
The unrivaled French opera is in season, the forcing house of that bright garden of exotics.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various
It agrees very well with this conception that the prince himself takes the laurel from the gardener's forcing house to wind a wreath of honor for himself.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.
The office of the Flag was a forcing house for Raphael; many latent thoughts developed into extraordinary maturity.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
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