joss house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of joss house
First recorded in 1765–75
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They passed out of the joss house and walked down Jackson street hill.
From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Francis Worcester Doughty
A furnace is a necessity in a joss house.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
The cathedral, the mosque and the joss house have the same foundation.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
Harry assented, and to the new Jackson street joss house, the most important Chinese temple of America, they went.
From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Francis Worcester Doughty
"You remember what Fu Shan said of his brother's joss house?" he says.
From The Belted Seas by Arthur Willis Colton
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