meat house

American  

noun

Chiefly Midland U.S.

1. a smokehouse.

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meat house

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

A fence ran around the yard and there was a meat house near a little orchard of apple-trees, under which were many hives of bee-gums.

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox

The improvements are a commodious dwelling house, office, kitchen, wash house, meat house, carriage house, a stable for five horses, likewise a large and well cultivated garden and clover lot.

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Grace Dunlop Peter

In spite of the Parson's observations we always had wild game hanging in the log meat house; there was never any question about securing whatever we wanted in that line.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock

He had done hid in de loft of de meat house and told evvybody on de place dey better not tell whar he was.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration