Example Sentences

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He had come upon a collection of the curious tree-houses, sixty or seventy feet from the ground, which some of the islanders inhabit.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert

Two women now came running from the group of tree-houses with platters of meat, and the crowd opened to let them approach.

From Captain Jinks, Hero by Beard, Daniel Carter

It is also a good ladder to use for tree-houses and a first-rate one for our underground hogans when we have an entrance through the top instead of one at the side shown by Fig.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter

Here I noticed several more tree-houses in the larger trees.

From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by Walker, H. Wilfrid