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
And Polly nodded and smiled up at him—though, truth to tell, the picture he drew did not mean much to her: she had never been in Sussex, nor did she know what an oast-house was.
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
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
“Well, it’s in the pigeon-cote up agen Dawson’s oast-house, only he won’t have ’em touched.”
From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
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