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lust-house
[ad. Du. lusthuis, G. lusthaus, f. lust pleasure (= lust n. 1).]
Used occas. to render the Du. and Ger. equivalents (which occur more frequently in their foreign form) in the senses: (a) A country-house, villa; (b) A tavern with a beer-garden.
1590Wotton in Reliq. (1685) 592 Concerning the Model of the Emperours Lust-house your honour may trust me with it. 1591Ibid. 602 To get the plots of both the Lust-houses, the foundation is laid. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 530 Pass where you will, by lust-huis or by shop, You'll always find some Grizzy at her mop. 1834Beckford Italy I. 36 [Amsterdam to Utrecht] Each lusthuys we passed contained some comfortable party dozing over their pipes. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke xxiii. 232 You may have a lust-haus of your own in a year or two, with a trimmed lawn [etc.]. Ibid., Donner! There are other things beside lust-houses and flower-beds. |