"house top" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: house tops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} house top (plural house tops)
  1. Alternative form of housetop. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: housetop
    Sense id: en-house_top-en-noun-7Ry1ZBSI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1935, Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men",
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