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Definition of Nuthouses
1. nuthouse [n] - See also: nuthouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuthouses
Literary usage of Nuthouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dombey and Son. by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"... ankle-deep in mud, with steaming dunghills and vast nuthouses half ruined ;
and looking on this dainty ..."
2. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1909)
"Tin- nuthouses are old. worn and in filthy and unsanitary condition. They afford
mi privacy for individual pupils. Building.—Th" building is a two-story ..."
3. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"<i pleasure- garden, fruit-garden, usually mentioned among the buildings, nuthouses,
and other conveniences adjoining the ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1843)
"... in some secluded valley, broken in u[>on by the heartless incendiary with his
demon-matches, and burning down their cottage with nil its nuthouses ? ..."
5. A Summary of the Law Relative to Pleading and Evidence in Criminal Cases by John Frederick Archbold (1822)
"Arson at common law extended to the burning not only of dwelling houses, but of
all nuthouses, parcel thereof, such as barns, stables, &c., ..."
6. A Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States by Stewart Rapalje (1891)
"... and nuthouses, 81 D. 68. to defraud insurance company, 81 D. 66. unoccupied
dwelling, 81 D. 68. what sufficient, 81 D. 66. whether must be of dwelling, ..."
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