spicehouse

plural spicehouses

1. A warehouse where spices are stored.

   Down here in the waterfront area we have a very unique market, simply because you have the fish on the waterfront, you have groceries, fruit, you have produce, you have spicehouses, you have pickling-houses, for example.

   1964, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works, Real Property Acquisition Practices and Adequacy of Compensation in Federal and Federally Assisted Programs: Hearings..., page 145

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   They showed her the spicehouses, where plants and trees from lands lost long ago were kept bathed in continual heat: they showed her the harvest of nuts and berries and fruits and sugars such as Inland had never dreamed of.

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