big house

Noun

Meaning

(slang) Prison, jail.

(slang, obsolete) The workhouse.

A religious building of the Delaware Indians, representing the cosmos.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big,‎ house.

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Examples

A contemporary of Young wrote: "It was amusing to walk by Brigham Young's big house, a long rambling building with innumerable doors. Source: Internet

And from being a little girl who went to gymkhana and had ponies, and went to a private school, and lived in a big house we suddenly didn’t have any money any more and had to go to a state school. Source: Internet

After the twins’ disappearance, Arden’s parents divorced and the Arrowoods left the big house that had been in their family for generations. Source: Internet

A big house like ABP had, and still has, a clutch of them. Source: Internet

Humez, p. 14. Childhood Tubman's mother was assigned to "the big house" and had scarce time for her family; consequently, as a child Tubman took care of a younger brother and baby, as was typical in large families. Source: Internet

For example, rather than an adjective meaning "big", a language might have a verb that means "to be big", and could then use an attributive verb construction analogous to "big-being house" to express what English expresses as "big house". Source: Internet

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