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tenement house: see apartment house apartment house, building having three or more dwelling units. Numerous early examples of this form of dwelling have been found in remains of Roman and medieval cities and in the 17th-cent. Pueblo villages of North America.
..... Click the link for more information. ; House House, Edward Mandell, 1858–1938, American political figure, adviser to President Wilson, b. Houston. Active in Texas politics, he was (1882–92) campaign manager and adviser to Gov. James Hogg and his successors.
..... Click the link for more information. ; housing housing, in general, living accommodations available for the inhabitants of a community. Throughout the 19th cent., with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, housing as a problem worsened as urban populations expanded.
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No references found			Under the gateway of the extremely ugly tenement house, which hides the Pavilion and the garden from the street, the wife of the porter was waiting with her arms akimbo. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context The view of ships lying moored in some of the older docks of London has always suggested to my mind the image of a flock of swans kept in the flooded backyard of grim tenement houses. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context It is a troublesome rent to collect, but on the other hand there is no expenditure for repairs or sanitation, which are not considered necessary in tenement houses. An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context			tenderfoot tenderloin tendinitis Tendipedidae Tendon tendon profile Tendon Reflex tendon sheath tendonitis Tendovaginitis Tendra Tendra Spit tendrec Tendriakov, Vladimir Tendriakov, Vladimir Fedorovich Tendril Tendulkar Tenduruk Tendürük Tenebrae tenebrescence Tenebrionidae Tenebrionoidea Tenedos tenement tenement house Tenerani, Pietro Tenerife Teneriffe tenfold Teng Chung-Hsia Teng Hsiao-p'ing Teng Hsiao-Ping Tenga tenggara Tengger Tenggerese Tengiz Tengiz Abuladze Tengiz Evgenevich Abuladze Tengiz Gigoevich Zhgenti Tengiz Zhgenti Tengoborskii, Liudvig Tengoborskii, Liudvig Valerianovich Tengri Khan tenia teniae coli Teniers Teniers, David Teniers, David The Younger Tenimbar Islands			Tenebrionoidea tenebrious Tenebrism Tenebrist tenebrists Tenebrose tenebrosity Tenebroso tenebrous Tenecteplase Tenecteplase tenectomy Tenedhos Tenedhos Tenedor Tenedor de bonos Tenedor registrado Tenedor titular Tenedos Tenedos Ténedos Ténedos tenement tenement tenement tenement tenement block Tenement building Tenement building tenement district tenement house tenement houses tenement houses tenement houses tenement houses Tenement housing Tenement housing tenemental tenemental tenemental tenemental Tenementary Tenements Tenements Tenements Tenements Tenendas Tenendum Tenent Tenente Tenente Teneral Teneral Teneral Tenerani, Pietro Tenere Tenere Tenere Ténéré Tenere Habere Habere Habere Teneri

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