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toolhouse

American  
[tool-hous] / ˈtulˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

toolhouses
  1. toolshed.


Etymology

Origin of toolhouse

First recorded in 1810–20; tool + house

Example Sentences

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But presently, as Mr. Bobbsey looked first in one corner of the toolhouse and then in another, he saw the tip end of Snap’s tail waving slightly from behind a big barrel.

From The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea by Hope, Laura Lee

Not far from the fence they took up their station in an unused toolhouse, smoking the next hours away in silence.

From From the Valley of the Missing by White, Grace Miller

"If we can get a piano box there's your toolhouse all made," he suggested.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Instead of coming up he ran out of sight behind the little toolhouse.

From The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea by Hope, Laura Lee

It happened that Max and Gwen had disappeared behind a rough shanty that laborers were using for a toolhouse.

From Princess Polly At Play by Brooks, Amy