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noun Chiefly Midland U.S.

a smokehouse.

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Words nearby meat house

meataxe, meatball, Meath, meathead, meat hook, meat house, meatloaf, meatman, meat packing, meatspace, meat tea

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How to use meat house in a sentence

One more break like that and down goes your meat house—infernal fool!
Stepsons of Light|Eugene Manlove Rhodes
It would not be necessary to keep Running Rabbit under close surveillance until the beef in the meat-house was getting low.
'Me-Smith'|Caroline Lockhart
We now had the meat-house covered, and all our game carefully hung up in small pieces.
Oregon and Eldorado|Thomas Bulfinch
The little square, brick building covered with vines between the house and the stable was the meat house.
A Portrait of Old George Town|Grace Dunlop Ecker

"But you must not hide the key of the meat-house, Uncle," and now Ruth laughed outright at him.
Ruth Fielding At College|Alice B. Emerson