narrow house en · NOUN
Meanings
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(poetic) The grave.
Yet if some voice that man could trust / Should murmur from the narrow house: / The cheeks drop in; the body bows; / Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrow houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |