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bungalow

(Encyclopedia) bungalow [Indian bangla,=house], dwelling built in a style developed from that of a form of rural house in India. The original bungalow typically has one story, few rooms, and a…

Brewer's: Bungalow

(Indian). The house of a European in India, generally a ground floor with a verandah all round it, and the roof thatched to keep off the hot rays of the sun. There are English bungalows at…

Greene and Greene

(Encyclopedia) Greene and Greene, architectural firm working in the American arts and crafts style, formed by the brothers Charles Sumner Greene, 1868–1957, and Henry Mather Greene, 1870–1954, both b…

Brewer's: Bung

A cant term for a toper. “Away, ... you filthy bung,” says Doll to Pistol. (2 Henry IV., ii. 4.) Brother Bung. A cant term for a publican. Bung up. Close up, as a bung closes a cask.…

Brewer's: Bungay

Go to Bungay with you! —i.e. get away and don't bother me, or don't talk such stuff. Bungay, in Suffolk, used to be famous for the manufacture of leather breeches, once very fashionable.…

John Belushi

Pudgy and manic, John Belushi was hugely popular in the late 1970s, when he starred on Saturday Night Live and played the crass Bluto Blutarski in the campus comedy Animal House (1978). Belushi won…

roof

(Encyclopedia) roof, overhead covering of a building with its framework support. Various methods of construction, such as are suited to different climates, have diversified exterior and interior…

America's Most Endangered Places 2015

Little Havana in Miami, Florida is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2014 America's Most Endangered Places 2013…

Nancy Drew: The Complete Series

Seventy years of mysteries for the girl detective by Holly Hartman The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) The Hidden Staircase (1930) The Bungalow Mystery (1930) The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1930) The…

Hardcover

Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print…