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In some senses, cottage is marked as archaic, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
cottage
UK /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/ US /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/
noun 4name 3verb 2
Definitions
noun
1
A small house.
So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.
2
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
3
A public lavatory.
4
A meeting place for homosexual men.
verb
1
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
2
To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
name
1
A township in Saline County, Illinois.
2
An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
3
A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.
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