Garage Mahal

plural Garage Mahals

1. UScolloquialA very large and luxurious garage (storage area for cars etc.).

   But even if you have a garage mahal, it is not going to be practical for you to store bales of cotton and bushels of corn.

   2011, Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth, The Little Book of Alternative Investments, page 78

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   She remembered reading an article a few years ago in the New York Times that noted that several “Garage Mahals” had been built in Bronxville.

   2003, Pamela Hackett Hobson, The Bronxville Book Club, page 126

   He recently created a garage mahal to house a Seal Beach client's large collection of "man-goodies," but at the same time, Porter says, it's no longer uncommon to find a plasma TV next to a workbench.

   2008 August, Orange Coast Magazine, page 72

   […] those red-brick or limestone-covered mini castles with Rapunzel-ready turrets in front and gabled porte-cochères leading to Garage Mahals.

   2009, Hank Stuever, Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present, page 21