housetop
Americannoun
idioms
noun
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the roof of a house
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to announce (something) publicly
Etymology
Origin of housetop
Example Sentences
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Two generations later, during the Civil War, Moby-Dick author Herman Melville stood in the night on his Manhattan housetop as he watched the city burn.
From Time ● Sep. 19, 2014
The first shot sends a screaming firework over a housetop and into the trees.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
Scarcely had she moved from the British-protected waters before her crew saw rockets flare from a housetop on the Rock.
From Time Magazine Archive
A cone on the housetop lets in air which settles evenly down in a slow draft.
From Time Magazine Archive
You may see the sparrow carry away with him caterpillars for his young upon the housetop hard by; later on, it is true, he will revel on the ripe grains.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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