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Definition of Cottages
1. cottage [n] - See also: cottage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottages
Literary usage of Cottages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"Country cottages. London: Heinemann, 1905. 4. Modern Housing in Town and Country.
By JMK> Cornes. London: Batsford, 1905. 6. A Book of cottages and Little ..."
2. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"GIFT OF; cottages FOE ALMSHOUSES. churchwardens. cottages. The powers of tho
trustees of any charity not within the above Acts depend on the terms of the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, James Manning (1834)
"cottages only, as well on the said commons as on the said meadows and common
fields within the said parish; which plots of laud should be held, used, ..."
4. Rural Essays by Andrew Jackson Downing (1869)
"VIL ON SIMPLE RURAL cottages. September, 1846. THE simple rural cottage, ...
Among the many failures in cottages, there are some very success- ..."
5. Old West Surrey: Some Notes and Memories by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"It is true that a good many of the older cottages were damp, or in other ways
insanitary ; but it is to be regretted that, where alteration or rebuilding ..."
6. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"The cottages looked more snug and comfortable, and their inhabitants were seen
only for a moment, and then went quietly in and shut the door, ..."