Etymology
Origin of oast-house
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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She would, like her authoress, buy a Sussex oast-house, settle down to wait there until Mr. Fry came back to Sussex for keeps.
From Time Magazine Archive
The road which we were using ran at right angles into a better-class way by the side of an old oast-house.
From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford
Not for nothing had he watched the men thatching the oast-house by the Medway.
From Harding's luck by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
‘Well, ain’t that just me?’ said the Bee Boy, where he sat in the silver square of the great September moon that was staring into the oast-house door.
From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Rackham, Arthur
As we drew up at the fatal corner, the others came out of the oast-house to see what was making the noise.
From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford
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