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tenement house


tenement house

noun

Definition of TENEMENT HOUSE

: apartment building; especially : one meeting minimum standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort and usually located in a city
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First Known Use of TENEMENT HOUSE

1858

Rhymes with TENEMENT HOUSE

bring down the house, garrison house, settlement house

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