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Cecil house en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after English journalist Cecil Chesterton (1879–1918).

Meanings

1. (UK, historical) A shelter providing accommodation for homeless women.
   • Whately was an active supporter of the Cecil Houses in London, which provided overnight accommodation for homeless women, where they could obtain ‘a clean bed, with plenty of hot water for baths, tea and biscuits, for one shilling a night, with no questions asked’ 2018, Keith Gildart, David Howell, editors, Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume XIV, Springer, →ISBN, page 279:

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