car-house

noun

A garage or a building for a car, typically separate from a house.

Meanings

nouncar-house (plural car-houses)

plural car-houses

  1. A garage or a building for a car, typically separate from a house.

    Jem picked up a rock and threw it jubilantly at the car-house

    1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
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Chicago

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