cothouse

noun

cothouse

noun

Etymology From cot + house.

1

Scotland A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.

He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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