show house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of show house
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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In many cases, the searches show house hunters are looking at villages within commuting distance to their current city, suggesting people are being drawn to the appeal of a quieter way of life.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2020
Purvis said, however, that he had not determined whether the gang champion was accompanied when he went into the show house.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
The house was a mile or so from Walden Pond, where, as Gropius liked to point out, Thoreau had built his own thrifty show house.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
But, she said, there’s one constant that’s at odds with the show house — most of Tripointe’s buyers prefer to have mom and dad and the older parents on separate floors.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2018
The plan of the house gives two nearly equal apartments, one to be used as a propagating and forcing house, and the other as a conservatory or show house for plants and flowers.
From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
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