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long house en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of longhouse.
   alt of longhouse
   • The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house. 1912, Hose & al., chapter IV, in Pagan Tribes of Borneo, volume I:
   • One branch of this numerous people was seated on a beautiful river, known as the “Lonapewihittuck”, where the “long house,” or Great Council Fire, of the nation was universally admitted to be established. 1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], “Preface”, in The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page vi:
   • They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House. 1751, C. Gist, Journals, page 51:
   • The practice of herding together in ‘long houses’ prevents mental and moral improvement and hinders advance in gardening and planting and agricultural developement generally. 1894 May 1, Sarawak Gazette, page 67:

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