"pickethouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pickethouses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pickethouse (plural pickethouses)
  1. Alternative form of picket-house Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: picket-house
    Sense id: en-pickethouse-en-noun-yLAAtPGX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pickethouse meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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          "ref": "1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, page 24",
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