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noun

a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.

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Origin of shaft house

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby shaft house

shaft alley, Shaftesbury, shaft feather, shaft grave, shaft horsepower, shaft house, shafting, shag, shaganappi, shagbark, shaggable

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Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.
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He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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Even the arguably more democratic House is only at 10 percent black members.
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While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
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It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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