neat-house

See also: neathouse

English

Noun

neat-house (plural neat-houses)

  1. Alternative spelling of neathouse
    • 1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎, published 1845, act 3, scene 1, page 389:
      The neat-house for musk-melons, and the gardens / Where we traffic for asparagus are, to me, / In the other world.
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