springhouse
[spring-hous]
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noun, plural spring·hous·es [spring-hou-ziz] /ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊ zɪz/.
a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
Origin of springhouse
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A springhouse (L) stands at the entrance to the ear-shaped site.
North DakotaVarious
She had despatched Katy and Jane to the springhouse after milk and butter.
Chicken Little Jane on the Big JohnLily Munsell Ritchie
Johnnie an' me was gettin' you out of the springhouse and away in the machine.
The Power and the GloryGrace MacGowan Cooke
Then he went to the springhouse by the well, and filled the little bottle with milk from the big can.
Half-Past Seven StoriesRobert Gordon Anderson
Lovely flocks of rose-breasted grosbeaks were here yesterday in the high elms above the springhouse.
springhouse
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