houseroom
Americannoun
noun
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room for storage or lodging
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(used with a negative) to have or keep something in one's house
I wouldn't give that vase houseroom
Etymology
Origin of houseroom
Example Sentences
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The city of New York has its share of great museums, but there is one rich area of art that none of them give adequate houseroom to.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, Hitler could never induce Franco to give him houseroom in World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
Implicit in the book is the notion that Jazzman Pool died the death of a poet who lived in a country that does not give much houseroom to poetry.
From Time Magazine Archive
However miserable he has been here, however unwelcome, however badly treated, you have at least, grudgingly, allowed him houseroom.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Dogs, a keeper, and plenty of game, with a very large manor, I have—a lake, a boat, houseroom, and neat wines.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
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