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hovel

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hovel
the conical building enclosing a kiln
hovel
1. A shed open at the sides and covered overhead for sheltering livestock, produce, or people.
2. A poorly constructed and ill-kept house.
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This hovel however, joined a cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance, but after my late dearly bought experience, I dared not enter it.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
as the worthy lord of the hovel had neither coat nor breeches on which to place them.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The cretin's friends were there before me, and in front of his hovel I found a crowd of women and children and old people, who hailed my arrival with insults accompanied by a shower of stones.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
 
 
 
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