hovels
- plural of hovel.
Example Sentences
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Hovels such as appear in your picture simply do not exist as dormitories.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hovels, cottages, mills, interiors of old barns are picturesque.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
Hovels stood cheek by jowl with stately monasteries, and the fortified mansions in the narrow City lanes were surrounded by citizens' stalls and shops.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Why, it is a house!" she said, lifting her eyebrows; "and the others—" "Hovels?
From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
They live well.And thus they live, building small Hovels in remote Places, Highways, under Trees.
