meat house
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The general at once started in pursuit and encountered the dog on the way from the neighbor's meat house whither the master's suspicions led him.
From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Joseph Barry
The meat was cut and weighed by the foreman of the field hands, and piled on planks before the meat house.
From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs
De meat house wuz full of smoked po'k, but we only got a little piece now an' den.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives by Work Projects Administration
Their farm was described in the notice advertising the court sale in 1839 as follows: Brick dwelling house, 8 rooms, brick kitchen, meat house, servant’s house, new barn and stables and other convenient outbuildings.
From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton
Dey was always a heap o' fresh meat in de meat house.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration
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