third house

noun

: a legislative lobby

Examples of third house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The men who arrived in police trucks at a third house in the city’s wooded outskirts came with sledgehammers. Frances Robles, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023 On November 22, the Sun soars into Sagittarius and your third house of communication, setting off a social four-week cycle. The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022 Gemini rising With Venus newly direct in your third house of local space and short-distance trips this month, your weekender bag beckons to be stuffed into the trunk of a rental car split four ways between you and your besties. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023 Until November 16, flirty Venus is in Scorpio and your witty third house, putting you in lighter spirits. The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022 My mother’s sun was in Pisces in the third house, the home of teaching and writing. Betsy Vereckey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023 The third house calls upon Universal’s classic monsters IP with Universal Monsters: Unmasked, taking guests into the dark, damp Catacombs of Paris, where millions of skeletal remains and sinister secrets are tucked away. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023 On November 8, the Taurus lunar full blood moon eclipse beams straight into your third house of communication and community. The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022 The airstrikes hit the top floor of an apartment building, a house in Gaza City and a third house in the southern town of Rafah. Fares Akram, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of third house was in 1841

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“Third house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third%20house. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.

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