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house guest

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noun

  1. a guest at a house, esp one who stays for a comparatively long time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And the season premiere on Sunday night saw Rick and Morty enlist the help of X-Men Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman, a guest appearance as himself, to remove unwanted house guest Poopy.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

Felicia Cannon is a 63-year-old Tacoma native who now resides in Kennesaw, Ga. And Jag Bains, 25, is an entrepreneur who resides in Omak, Okanogan County, and is the show’s first Sikh Punjabi house guest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

"The truth is, it's not about morality, it's about functionality. Does your home work for you? Not some hypothetical house guest that is coming to inspect your closet."

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2023

In 2010, Trump made her “Big Brother” debut as a house guest in the seventh season of the U.K.'s “Celebrity Big Brother.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022

You will remember my having said that, when I was in prison, Mr. Muhammad would be my brother Wilfred’s house guest whenever he visited Detroit Temple Number One.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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