"mousery" meaning in All languages combined

See mousery on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: mouseries [plural]
Etymology: From mouse + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mouse|ery}} mouse + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousery (plural mouseries)
  1. (rare) A place where mice are kept and bred. Tags: rare

Inflected forms

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          "text": "There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for."
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      ],
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