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Definition of Penthouses
1. penthouse [n] - See also: penthouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penthouses
Literary usage of Penthouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's England: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the Reign of by Walter Thornbury (1856)
"Shops and penthouses. — Sketch of the Crowds. — Barber and Apothecary. — Characters
of the Day. — Street Rows. — Extinct Trades. — Foreign Shops. ..."
2. Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our social history in the reign of by George Walter Thornbury (1856)
"Shops and penthouses. — Sketch of the Crowds. — Barber and Apothecary. — Characters
of the Day. — Street Rows. — Extinct Trades. — Foreign Shops. ..."
3. Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum by Walter de Gray Birch (1887)
"The details of the sides consist of carved penthouses containing the emblems of
the four Evangelists. On the 1., on a tree, a shield of arms of THOMAS ..."
4. State Housing Manual: Containing the State Tenement House Act, State Hotel by California (1918)
"penthouses over stairways shall be built either of fireproof 233 materials or of
wood studs, lathed with metal lath or approved T.-H. plaster board and ..."
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