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show house

or showhouse

show house

noun

  1. a house on a new estate that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of show house1

First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences

This happens to be the same congressional district that the Kevin Spacey character represents in the TV show House of Cards.

His house at Highsam is a show house, only they dont show it.

I did not visit the show-house of Blenheim, for I had seen it before; moreover, show-houses are not to my mind.

The Starks are a conservative, as well as an old family, and they have never seen fit to make of their home a public show-house.

You haven't heard rumors that the Hastings is to be turned into a fil-lum show-house, have you?

Nature is turning on the colored lights in her great show house.

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