fun house
noun
: a building in an amusement park that contains various devices designed to startle or amuse
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The ship’s list was already so pronounced that the drawer of the café’s cash register was slung open, and the pair were passed by officers and stewards hurrying to their boat stations, their arms out to each side like customers negotiating the tumbling barrel of a fun house.
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Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
What began as a conventional one-bedroom in a building where his neighbors included Mayor Ed Koch and activist Bella Abzug became his personal fun house.
—Tim Street-Porter, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2025
Make your house the fun house by having cool activities planned.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
But climbing the stairs to its courtyard terrace, following the sound of music (mariachis one night, a D.J. the next), feels like stepping into an effortlessly fun house party.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
What began as a conventional one-bedroom in a building where his neighbors included Mayor Ed Koch and activist Bella Abzug became his personal fun house.
—Tim Street-Porter, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2025
Make your house the fun house by having cool activities planned.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
But climbing the stairs to its courtyard terrace, following the sound of music (mariachis one night, a D.J. the next), feels like stepping into an effortlessly fun house party.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Fun house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fun%20house. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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