The Devil's Dictionary: House
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
HOUSE
-n.
A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe.
House of Correction
a place of reward for political and personal service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations.
House of God
a building with a steeple and a mortgage on it.
House-dog
a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor.
House-maid
a youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously disagreeable and ingeniously unc lean in the station in which it has pleased God to place her.
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